With the whole debackle about india and the rape cases coming to light outside the country ive seen many people tote the argument “71% of rape cases in India go unreported”. So i started thinking about how do we even know this if they go unreported?
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Theres surveys that ask about stuff like if you were a victim of rape and if you reported it, we can with a decent enough sample size extrapolate the ratio that its gonna be for the whole population as well.
Just to add, there are many reasons a person might not go to police and report a rape. If you look up statistics in the US it’s usually thought to be about the same, 1/3 of sexual assaults believed to be reported. A lot of this is societal pressure, shame, fear, embarrassment, etc. All these surveys are obviously done anonymously so hopefully they can remove a lot of those concerns. The idea is that people can answer honestly without fear or anxiety of any sort of consequences.
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