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===India=== | ===India=== | ||
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India is a country that has a deeply held preference for sons, and as a result as of 2018, has an excess of 37 million males,<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/world/too-many-men/</ref> making up 2.7% of the country's population, but a larger fraction among the young. | |||
Due to the surplus of young men, Indian men likely suffer higher rates of inceldom than Indian women. While women usually lose their virginity during their teens, men are more likely to lose it in their twenties. Statistics also show that the rates of inceldom for men are higher in the south of India than the north.<ref>https://www.livemint.com/Politics/RC0cvSgItInzrPBjAZ3f2L/Sex-in-India-What-data-shows.html</ref> | |||
Men in India have the least sex of all countries.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/10283499/No-sex-please-were-Indian-survey-finds-men-in-the-sub-continent-have-fewest-partners.html</ref> | Men in India have the least sex of all countries.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/10283499/No-sex-please-were-Indian-survey-finds-men-in-the-sub-continent-have-fewest-partners.html</ref> | ||
Surprisingly, according to some sources, India is characterized as having some of the lowest rape rates in international comparison,<ref>John A. Humphrey, Frank Schmalleger: Mental illness, addictive behaviors, and sexual deviance 2012, ISBN 978-0-7637-9773-7, S. 252.</ref><ref> Humphrey, John A.; Schmalleger, Frank (2012), "Mental illness, addictive behaviors, and sexual deviance", in Humphrey, John A.; Schmalleger, Frank (eds.), Deviant behavior (2nd ed.), Sudbury, Massachusetts: Jones & Bartlett Learning, p. 252, ISBN 9780763797737. </ref><ref> Gregg Barak. Crime and Crime Control: A Global View: A Global View. ABC-CLIO. p. 74. "Overall, however, rape rates are still lower than most other countries."</ref><ref> United Nations (2009). African Women's Report 2009: Measuring Gender Inequality in Africa - Experiences and Lessons from the African Gender and Development Index. United Nations Publications. pp. 68–. ISBN 978-92-1-054362-0. </ref><ref> Colonel Y Udaya Chandar (23 September 2016). The Ailing India. Notion Press. p. 337. ISBN 978-1-945926-26-6. </ref> however, this is suspected to owe to a very | Surprisingly, according to some sources, India is characterized as having some of the lowest rape rates in international comparison,<ref>John A. Humphrey, Frank Schmalleger: Mental illness, addictive behaviors, and sexual deviance 2012, ISBN 978-0-7637-9773-7, S. 252.</ref><ref> Humphrey, John A.; Schmalleger, Frank (2012), "Mental illness, addictive behaviors, and sexual deviance", in Humphrey, John A.; Schmalleger, Frank (eds.), Deviant behavior (2nd ed.), Sudbury, Massachusetts: Jones & Bartlett Learning, p. 252, ISBN 9780763797737.</ref><ref> Gregg Barak. Crime and Crime Control: A Global View: A Global View. ABC-CLIO. p. 74. "Overall, however, rape rates are still lower than most other countries."</ref><ref> United Nations (2009). African Women's Report 2009: Measuring Gender Inequality in Africa - Experiences and Lessons from the African Gender and Development Index. United Nations Publications. pp. 68–. ISBN 978-92-1-054362-0. </ref><ref> Colonel Y Udaya Chandar (23 September 2016). The Ailing India. Notion Press. p. 337. ISBN 978-1-945926-26-6.</ref> however, this is suspected to owe to a very high dark figure, which is evidenced by some high profile cases of e.g. gang rape arousing attention in Indian media.<ref>Siuli Sarkar: Gender Disparity in India. 2016, ISBN 978-81-203-5251-3.</ref><ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-31483956</ref> | ||
In recent years, Indian media have recognized the issue as 'rape crisis'.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/06/i-dont-see-anything-changing-despair-india-rape-crisis-grows</ref><ref>https://www.indiatoday.in/diu/story/sexual-violence-pandemic-india-rape-cases-doubled-seventeen-years-1628143-2019-12-13</ref><ref>https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6177475/scale-india-child-rape-epidemic/<br/>https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/two-more-girls-found-dead-despite-protests-over-india-s-rape-culture-asifa-bano-modi-india-vqdhs2qkh</ref><ref>https://thediplomat.com/2012/04/indias-shame/</ref> | |||
There are also reports of [[bluepill]]ed female Western solo-travelers experiencing [[rape]], groping and [[sexual harassment]],<ref>https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a10352506/sexual-assault-during-travel/</ref><ref> | |||
* [https://www.scoopwhoop.com/inothernews/expat-on-women-safety-india/#.l34y6k66j Men masturbating at White female traveler on a public bus] | |||
* [https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a10352506/sexual-assault-during-travel/ White female traveler, breasts groped] | |||
* [https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/man-whose-partner-went-missing-12366440 Western female traveler disappeared] | |||
* [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/Delhi-gang-rape-why-India-is-not-safe-for-solo-women/ Western female travelers groped] | |||
* [http://travelingwhilefemale.blogspot.com/2012/10/sexual-harassment-of-white-women-in.html Sexual harassment of White women] | |||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160716055342/https://www.jaagore.com/power-of-49/a-story-they-dont-want-you-to-hear-the-western-woman-in-india British long-term resident on staring, sexual abuse] | |||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n06DQpxSZw Solo-traveler sexually harassed] | |||
* [https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/21/asia/india-rape-uk-intl/index.html British woman allegedly raped] | |||
* [https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2018/07/19/russian-tourist-allegedly-gang-raped-in-india.html Russian tourist gang-raped] | |||
* [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/25/israeli-woman-allegedly-gang-raped-in-indian-tourist-town-of-manali Israeli woman allegedly gang-raped] | |||
* [https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/man-jailed-for-seven-years-for-raping-irish-woman-in-india-1.3363933 Indian man jailed for raping Irish woman] | |||
* [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-36496371 Five sentenced for life for raping Danish woman] | |||
* [https://www.thejournal.ie/german-tourist-rape-danielle-mclaughlin-3322539-Apr2017/ German tourist raped] | |||
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which lead to a number of countries issuing travel warnings regarding women's safety.<ref>https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/india/safety-and-security</ref><ref>http://travel.gc.ca/destinations/india</ref><ref>https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/country/india.html</ref><ref>https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/travel/story/uk-and-us-issue-travel-advisory-for-women-travellers-visiting-india-should-exercise-caution-1626097-2019-12-07</ref><ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/Delhi-gang-rape-why-India-is-not-safe-for-solo-women/</ref> | |||
Further, a June 2018 survey of about 550 experts on women's issues conducted by the Thomson Reuters Foundation even named India as ''the world's most dangerous country'' for women.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-women-dangerous-poll-exclusive/exclusive-india-most-dangerous-country-for-women-with-sexual-violence-rife-global-poll-idUSKBN1JM01X</ref><ref>https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/jun/28/poll-ranks-india-most-dangerous-country-for-women</ref> | |||
Amnesty International further corroborated these statements.<ref>https://poll2018.trust.org/ https://www.amnestyusa.org/the-worst-place-to-be-a-woman-in-the-g20/</ref> | |||
The Spectator Index, even ranks India as the 5th most dangerous place to live in 2019.<ref>https://dunyanews.tv/en/World/528608-India-fifth-most-dangerous-country-live-Spectator-Index</ref> | |||
These contradictory suggest there is propaganda at play attempting to portray India as a country that is safe to visit, perhaps driven by the tourism industry. | |||
It is unknown to which extent these circumstances stem from the male surplus or a history of intense neglect of females and son preference, though even if not the primary cause, the male surplus may drive a general apathy on the matter. It is believed up to 63 million females have been aborted in India's history,<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/30/more-than-63-million-women-missing-in-india-statistics-show</ref> with some regions practicing female infranticide to this day,<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/05/trash-bin-babies-indias-female-infanticide-crisis/257672/</ref> India remains the only country in the world to have pro-rape marches,<ref>https://thewire.in/politics/hindu-ekta-manch-bjp-protest-support-spo-arrested-rape-jammu</ref> and nearly 40% of all females who commit suicide come from India,<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/13/nearly-two-out-of-five-women-who-commit-suicide-are-indian</ref> sometimes associated with high profile rape cases.<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/rape-survivor-kills-herself-forced-marriage-india-a7380536.html</ref><ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/05/india-woman-set-on-fire-on-way-to-testify-against-alleged-rapists</ref> | |||
Further, there are known elected rapists, murderers, pedophiles, terrorists and other criminals in the Indian parliament.<ref>https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/40-per-cent-of-indias-mps-face-criminal-charges-including-rape-and-murder-study</ref> | |||
===Italy=== | ===Italy=== | ||