Time to talk about rape

doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1034

BMJ 2000;321:1034-1035 ( 28 October )

Editorials

Time to talk about rape

If men remember that women are their mothers, daughters, and wives they may change their laws

Personal view p 1089

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The global statistics on sexual assault against women are shocking. At least one in every five women experiences rape or attemptedrape during her lifetime.¹ The recently published report fromthe United Nations Population Fund on the State of the World Population2000 is the latest of many official reports that have documentedthe size of the problem.² Yet despite clear documentation andthe fact that much attention has been paid to the issue of sexualviolence against women at international level, the problem isgettingworse.

The UN report and other data make it clear that the incidence of rape and other forms of sexual violence is increasing worldwide.³Yet even official figures underestimate the scale of the problembecause the proportion of rapes reported to the authorities variesfrom 16% in the United States to 3% in South Africa (where even3% amounted to 49 280 rapes in 1998⁴. . . [Full text of this article]

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