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Originally Posted by CyberSEO
According to your logic it is not. The rapes are just 5 times better reported there ;) (such a stupid defense position, but it's very typical for you).
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I guess it's not part of your agenda to acknowledge that it is possible for there to be both more crime reported and for it still to be a lower percentage of the total. What if 100% of African women get raped and only a small fraction report it?
It is very difficult to get accurate stats on something that people generally do when no one is watching and go to great lengths to hide, even the victims.
For example everyone masturbates, but we don't know that from reports and if we had to rely reports for that data we would see the "masturbation rate" run identical to it's level of social acceptability in various cultures.
In countries like Dubai for example where women can go to jail for reporting rape (since they are also confessing to fornication) I can bet the "rape rate" is very low. In countries where false rape claims are an excellent and effective extortion tactic you will see them a little higher.
It's pointless to speculate, but you can be sure as human nature is a constant, that whenever people can exploit others with impunity they will. So I would be surprised if good ol' Russia didn't have it's fair share of issues, and since official statistics are the last thing anyone would believe from Russia it's pointless to even speculate.