The point is, "What was she drinking?" must never be a question asked to
rape victims because that is part of excusing
rape.
No matter how famous one is, rape is inexcusable
There is a segment of society that believes
rape laws were made for women to give them extra-legal protection i.e.
Rape, a gender-neutral crime in Pakistan?
The figures, taken from 3,922 male and female respondents of varied ages and political persuasions within Britain, also suggested people over the age of 65 were more likely (35%) to think non-consensual sex within a long-term relationship was not
rape, compared with 16% of those aged 16-24.
#MeToo 'not helped by alarming rape attitudes'
| Mohammed Suhail Arif, aged 30, of Huddersfield, is charged with
rape of girl aged 13 to 15.
31 people charged with the sexual abuse of five girls; THE CHARGES INCLUDE RAPE, TRAFFICKING AND FACILITATING SEXUAL ABUSE IN OUR AREA
But they warned more needed to be done, with male
rape victims still seen as "second-class citizens".
Reports of male rape on the increase
A
Rape Crisis spokesperson said: "Around 90 per cent of
rapes are committed by known men and as these statistics show it is often by someone the survivor has previously trusted or even loved.
THE DEVIL YOU KNOW; Nearly nine in 10 rapes against women are committed by someone known to the victim
Experts are calling a Domestic Abuse Sexual violence." Some 14 per cent of
rapes were committed by a friend, and a further nine per cent by a person the woman was on a date with.
THE DEVIL YOU KNOW; Nearly nine in 10 rapes against women are committed by someone known to the victim
The minimum punishment in case of
rape of woman has been increased from seven years to 10 years, extendable to imprisonment for life.
Bill for stringent punishment in rape cases introduced in Lok Sabha
Durana said educating both male and female teenagers on crimes such as
rape and on dangerous date-rape drugs should be included in the updated
rape prevention guidelines.
PNP to update rape prevention guidelines
Risa Hontiveros noted that while the intention of the anti-rape information material may be good, it insults
rape victims and other sexual violence and promotes victim-blaming.
Angono cops say sorry for anti-rape reminder
India's
rape problem: India has among the highest number of
rapes in the world.
India: Jharkhand teenager battles for life after being raped and set on fire
Mr Motube revealed that statistics show 2 047
rape related cases countrywide in 2017 alone, an increase of 31 cases from 2016, noting that most cases were date and drug facilitated
rape.
More than 2 000 Rape-related cases recorded in 2017 alone
The women's movement across the world has always criticized retaliatory, populist 'solutions' to sexual violence that in a highly patriarchal vein overemphasize the sexual aspect of the assault and reinforce the stigma attached to
rape. Typically then, the demand for death penalty for
rape embodies the prevailing patriarchal bias in assessing the wrongness of such an assault.
Beyond Crime And Punishment
As the initial investigations proved, there was involvement of high Hindu officials including legislatures, police officers and even the Hindu Temple people in this brutal act of
rape and murder.
Shocking rape of Asifa in IOK
He was arrested for his involvement in five
rape cases, and two mobile phones with 10 sim cards were recovered from him, he told the media.The DIG claimed that two
rape cases were lodged against him in 2015 and 2017, one each year, at Quaidabad police station in which it was reported that two girls aged between 7 and 8 year old were raped.
Police arrest alleged 'serial rapist' from Karachi