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Further, there are known elected rapists, murderers 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> Despite anti-child marriage legislation, a substantial share of women is still married below the age of 18,<ref name="indch">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_marriage_in_India#Statistics</ref> with comically diverging estimates between UNICEF (27% in 2015-16) and the Census of India (3.7% in 2011) and there likely being substantial under-reporting due to the illegality of child marriage.<ref name="indch"></ref> Further, marital rape is not criminal in India if the bride is 15 or older,<ref name="childmarriage">https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/ending-child-sexual-abuse-india/</ref> suggesting that what would count as child [[rape]] in Western countries is highly prevalent in India. | Further, there are known elected rapists, murderers 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> Despite anti-child marriage legislation, a substantial share of women is still married below the age of 18,<ref name="indch">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_marriage_in_India#Statistics</ref> with comically diverging estimates between UNICEF (27% in 2015-16) and the Census of India (3.7% in 2011) and there likely being substantial under-reporting due to the illegality of child marriage.<ref name="indch"></ref> Further, marital rape is not criminal in India if the bride is 15 or older,<ref name="childmarriage">https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/ending-child-sexual-abuse-india/</ref> suggesting that what would count as child [[rape]] in Western countries is highly prevalent in India. | ||
The combination of strict marriage norms and [[female subordination]] may keep the incidence of male incels fairly low despite skewed sex ratio, though likely with substantial regional variation. | The combination of strict [[marriage]] norms and [[female subordination]] may keep the incidence of male incels fairly low despite skewed sex ratio, though likely with substantial regional variation. | ||
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