Professor Rachel Jewkes of the MRC, who carried out the research, told the BBC's World Today program: "The absolute imperative is we have to change the underlying social attitudes that in a way have created a norm that coercing women into sex is on some level acceptable. "We know that we have a higher prevalence of rape in South Africa than there is in other countries. And it's partly rooted in our incredibly disturbed past and the way that South African men over the centuries have been socialized into forms of masculinity that are predicated on the idea of being strong and tough and the use of force to assert dominance and control over women, as well as other men."
She added that all the victims in the main survey were said to be women, but participants were also interviewed about male rape. Men admitted to participating in gang-rapes, and some raped other men or boys. Nearly ten percent said their first experience of coercive sex was when they were ten or younger; and most raped for the first time before age 20.
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Good for you for shedding some much needed light on this horrific problem.
"gang rape were common because they were considered a form of male bonding."
This is really shocking! Do you have any ideas in which cities this is happening?
where are all the anti-aparthied and NOW people. Just a thought
Rape is basic part of African culture. Even the new president of South Africa said at his rape trial that as a Zulu he has a right to have sex with any women that wears a short skirt. Don't think you can change thousands of years of culture and tradition with your sensitive western sensibilities. Life in Africa is hard, brutal and short; politically correct platitudes about the wonders of multiculturalism nonwithstanding. I was born in Africa and lived there for 24 years. Trust me I know
Just goes to show how uncivilized African culture is.
Wow. I never realized the link between South African rape and Louisville City Hall. So glad you are on top of it.
Not all men from South Africa rape!
fcuk this country!!
i <3 south africa lol jk it sucks
What a shitty country, fuck south africa.
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