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Originally Posted by opendoor
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?
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It's definitely not a plague as these statistics try to make it out as. Like rubecube said there are other factors at play which skew the study. I wouldn't be surprised if sexual abuse is 100-200 times more likely to be reported in Sweden than in India.
But it is definitely an issue that coincides with them opening their doors to the outside world. I don't think anyone in Sweden would self apply such a title to themselves if it wasn't an issue. This study just wanted to take it to an extreme.