The article I read for this
week’s blog talked about two countries that are increasing in population and in
sexual assault towards women, India and China. Even though China works harder
at enforcing their laws they still some times fall short at doing so.
Statistics show that only one out of ten women will report sexual assault. Most
women feel ashamed and or embarrassed so they’re hesitant in reporting the
abuse.
In countries like India
woman are less likely to report sexual abuse because they will be shamed and
most likely be made fun of. Same thing for China, the women feel embarrassed
and are scared that they will bring shame to the family. The culture of the
young girls and women that get sexually harassed every day seriously affect the
chances of the coming forward with an accusation.
In China women receive far
less assault or “teasing” in public then women in India. And the rate of conviction
is significantly higher; therefrom it’s not as hot of an issue as it is in
India. However a recent case of a young boy accused of rape, son of a singing general
has gotten attention in the media. Seventeen year old Li Tianyi and four others were recently
arrested in Beijing for a gang rape. According to the news the group had been
out drinking celebrating the birthday of one of them, they used violence and
threats to drag the girl into a hotel room where she was raped.
Dalila Aguilar
2/28/13
9:47
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