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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. On the other hand, the relatively low sexual activity despite high marriage rates may point to both men and women having less sex than they would prefer to have. | ||
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