11-12-2006, 10:15 AM
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You know, this may have nothing to do with the topic at all, but a friend of mine once conducted a non-scientific field study. He went around and asked many of the women he knew whether they had ever been sexually assaulted or molested in some way. Not one said "No."
Now, this isn't the sort of conversation people normally have in public, and as I said his "study" was hardly scientific. It does, however, suggest that a huge number of women -- far more than most of us would ever think -- face sexual abuse during their lives. I find that really disturbing. What's more disturbing is that they're people we know and see every day.
That depends entirely on the questions he asked, and definition of 'sexual abuse'. Did he count sexual harresment in that? I've met women that would someone merely holding the door open for them (Womens lib has been nothing but a minefield for men. Hold the door open for one woman, and your a sexist pig. Don't hold it open for the next in and your rude. Its like jumping through hoops, but black hoops in a pitch black room)
What group did ask? If he goes to uni and asked amongst his fellow students, then theres a good chance they go out drinking together. Getting your bum touched up in bar is 'sexual abuse' but doesn't come close to rape. Does having man shouting 'bitch' in the street count as abuse?
Like you said, his jury rigged survey is non-scientific, and sometimes they can be very misleading.
Quote:I have no idea what these numbers would look like in Muslim countries, as I've never lived in one. Perhaps routine separation of genders does reduce the number of cases of sexual abuse.
About the only instances where I would grant that the muslim dresscode has an effect would be in sexual contact. I doubt many muslim women have their bum pinched at work.
Quote: Then again, I hear enough horrendous stories coming out of the Muslim world (even about things like "Eve-teasing," which targets women the perpetrator doesn't even know) that I'm not so sure...
p.s. -- Chemical castration is reversible? I didn't know that. How does that work? :unsure:
I think the current methodology is a monthly injection, which lowers testosterone and therefore sexual urges. One system I did see mentioned was use of slow release 'sticks', similar to those used in a new version of the pill. Half a dozen small sticks are inserted into the arm, and the chemical is slowly released without the need for constant injections
Re-offending rates are quite high, but among those who are chemically castrated it drops to 5%. What I know about it comes from an article in Focus magazine a couple of years back, so the figures maybe out.