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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
I didn't say it is isn't a major problem. Murder is a major problem. Does Canada have a 'murder culture?' I'd suggest it doesn't, as murder happens less now than in the past, and less in Canada than it does in a lot of other places in the world. Emotional terms that aren't based on data bring heat to the issue, but not light.
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Murder doesn't affect 10-20% of the population.
Rape and sexual assault do.
Stats?
https://1in6.org/the-1-in-6-statistic/
And actually, I missed on the women. It wasn't 1 in 5, it was 1 in 6, so apologies on that.
https://www.rainn.org/get-informatio...ssault-victims
There are never perfect numbers, obviously, each study is going to be slightly different--but even if you
double it, assume it's off by a full 50%...that's still 1 in 12 people, by and large, who is a victim in some way of sexual assault.
To use your comparison about "murder culture," in the US city with the
highest murder rate, the rate is .86 per 1000 people. The comparison just isn't even close to valid, even if you completely ignore most sexual assault studies and double their numbers.
http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/top...r-rate-cities/