I’m having trouble finding the right words to comment on this:
One in four men in South Africa have admitted to rape and many confess to attacking more than one victim, according to a study that exposes the country’s endemic culture of sexual violence.
Three out of four rapists first attacked while still in their teens, the study found. One in 20 men said they had raped a woman or girl in the last year.
South Africa is notorious for having one of the highest levels of rape in the world. Only a fraction are reported, and only a fraction of those lead to a conviction.
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Rebecca adds: I’m not normally a huge fan of looking to celebs for wisdom or
political advice, but Charlize Theron’s pull-no-punches PSAs about rape in South Africa got the point across nicely. When rape is considered a disgusting crime, and sex offenders are considered scum, your society may still have many faults, but at least it condemns rape. When one man in four is a rapist, and this seems to be ok with the rest of them, you have a society-wide problem.
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oZpuY97i_k]
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I understand, it is so shocking that it is hard to get one’s head around this one.
I didn’t know about this until last week. Shocking. The article says that their president Jacob Zuma was accused of rape, to which the court acquitted him saying it was consensual (based on her sexual history and lack of resistance), and lambasting the accuser for lying. Thousands of people rallied to support him during the trial. Even if he truly is innocent, the attitude of the people towards the possibility of rape demonstrates their apathy.
Charlize Theron is right… where are the real men?