Demographics of inceldom: Difference between revisions

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 rape cases of e.g. gang rape arousing attention in Indian media in a way unheard of in modern Western countries.<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 this 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>

*[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]

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.

===Israel===

With 3.01 births per woman, Israel has ''by far'' the highest birth rate among the OECD countries.<ref name="oecdfertility">https://data.oecd.org/pop/fertility-rates.htm</ref>