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Old 06-23-2016, 12:06 PM   #40
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Statistics can only compared across countries (and time periods within a country) if the methods of gathering that data are similar. Different countries have different definitions of rape, varying percentages of victims who file complaints, and different ways of counting the number of offenses.

I mean, does anyone honestly believe you're 150 times more likely to be raped in Sweden compared to India as the UN report sourced on that page would suggest?
There are a number of red flags in that study, for instance:

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Rather than doing something about the problem of violence and rape, Swedish politicians, public authorities and media do their best to explain away the facts. Here are some of their explanations:

Swedes have become more prone to report crime.
The law has been changed so that more sexual offences are now classed as rape.
These both seem like reasonable explanations. They may not completely explain the increase but they're definitely contributing factors. The laws around rape in Sweden did change in the last decade and there has been an uptick in reporting.
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