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Showing Original Post only (View all)More men are raped in the US than women, figures on prison assaults reveal... [View all]
In January, prodded in part by outrage over a series of articles in the New York Review of Books, the Justice Department finally released an estimate of the prevalence of sexual abuse in penitentiaries. The reliance on filed complaints appeared to understate the problem. For 2008, for example, the government had previously tallied 935 confirmed instances of sexual abuse.After asking around, and performing some calculations, the Justice Department came up with a new number: 216,000. Thats 216,000 victims, not instances. These victims are often assaulted multiple times over the course of the year. The Justice Department now seems to be saying that prison rape accounted for the majority of all rapes committed in the US in 2008, likely making the United States the first country in the history of the world to count more rapes for men than for women.
http://nplusonemag.com/raise-the-crime-rate
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2449454/More-men-raped-US-women-including-prison-sexual-abuse.html
I knew rape of incarcerated males was widespread, but I had no idea..
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More men are raped in the US than women, figures on prison assaults reveal... [View all]
Upton
Oct 2013
OP
Yeah, but less so lately.The community has, by and large, figured out that it's not okay.
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2013
#12
Some seem to think pointing that out is the SAME as denying that there is sexism
Bonobo
Oct 2013
#10
For a crime that is mostly committed by men, this makes perfect sense, actually
CreekDog
Oct 2013
#13
I would consider blocking you from the Group, but you are doing such an effective job
Bonobo
Oct 2013
#30
yes, they do and i'm sure you agree as demonstrated by your many posts against rape of women
CreekDog
Nov 2013
#35
you want a medal because you never posted an eyeroll smiley about a woman being raped?
CreekDog
Nov 2013
#41
Nobody needs to get a medal for not posting an eyeroll in response to rape
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Nov 2013
#43