It's interesting to me to see the Muslim world left off the list. Also I can't help but think the numbers must be much higher from nonreports.
I wish we could just leave each other alone. What is so difficult to understand about voluntary association and self determination? On Jul 15, 2014 9:20 PM, "Maureen" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, absolutely, although some places - a few of which may surprise > you - are much worse. > > Some facts: > > A 2009 metastudy from the University of Barcelona published in > Clinical Psychology Review, âPrevalence of Child Sexual Abuse in > Community and Student Samples: A Meta-Analysis,â analyzed 65 research > studies across 22 countries to estimate an âoverall international > figureâ for such abuse. > > The studyâs findings include: > > An estimated 7.9% of men and 19.7% of women globally experienced > sexual abuse prior to the age of 18. > > U.S. rates were 7.5% for males and 25.3% for females. > > The highest prevalence rate of child sexual abuse geographically was > found in Africa (34.4%.) Europe showed the lowest prevalence rate > (9.2%). > America and Asia had prevalence rates between 10.1% and 23.9%. > > South Africa has the highest prevalence rates for both men (60.9%) and > women (43.7%). Jordan presents the second-highest prevalence rate for > men (27%), followed by Tanzania (25%). Rates between 10% and 20% are > reported for males in Israel (15.7%), Spain (13.4%), Australia (13%) > and Costa Rica (12.8%), while the remaining countries all have > prevalence rates below 10%. > > For women, seven countries reported prevelence rates above 20%: > Australia (37.8%), Costa Rica (32.2%), Tanzania (31.0%), Israel > (30.7%), Sweden (28.1%), the United States (25.3%) and Switzerland > (24.2%). > > - See more at: > http://journalistsresource.org/studies/government/criminal-justice/global-prevalence-child-sexual-abuse#sthash.k1CndeIh.dpuf > > > > On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 9:06 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > In comparison to the rest of the world? > > On Jul 15, 2014 8:51 PM, "Maureen" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> Considering the level of child abuse and pedophilia that occurs in the > >> US and elsewhere, not sure preventing toddler rape is much of an issue > >> here. Look how long it took for the Catholic church to do anything > >> about priests who were raping children. > >> > >> (hi-jacking thread to make a point about one of my pet causes) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:371619 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
