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Post by efilflah » 18 Jun 2009 01:26

lol I read that in the metro on the bus today.

Blatantly some stupid chav with a case of the regrets. In the metro it also said she had been drinking. Language confusion + drunk to the point of falling asleep during painful procedure, claiming that she vehemently remembers asking for 3 stars ONLY.

She's gonna need to raise Johnnie Cochran from the dead to win this one.

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Post by gulliver » 19 Jun 2009 23:25

Taken from another site. I don't have the original source.
South African rape survey shock

Anti-rape protesters in South Africa
South Africa's government has been urged to solve the rape epidemic

One in four South African men questioned in a survey said they had raped someone, and nearly half admitted having attacked more than one victim.

The study, by the country's Medical Research Council, also found three out of four who admitted rape had attacked for the first time during their teens.

It said practices such as gang rape were common because they were considered a form of male bonding.

The MRC spoke to 1,738 men in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape provinces.

The research was conducted in both rural and urban areas and included all racial groups.

Using an electronic device to keep the results anonymous, the study found that 73% of respondents said they had carried out their first assault before the age of 20.

Almost half who said they had carried out a rape admitted they had done so more than once.

One in 20 men surveyed said they had raped a woman or girl in the last year.

Professor Rachel Jewkes of the MRC, who carried out the research, told the BBC's World Today programme: "The absolute imperative is we have to change the underlying social attitudes that in a way have created a norm that coercing women into sex is on some level acceptable.

"We know that we have a higher prevalence of rape in South Africa than there is in other countries.

"And it's partly rooted in our incredibly disturbed past and the way that South African men over the centuries have been socialised into forms of masculinity that are predicated on the idea of being strong and tough and the use of force to assert dominance and control over women, as well as other men."

She added that all the victims in the main survey were said to be women, but participants were also interviewed about male rape.

'Sad state of affairs'

The study found that one in 10 men said they had been raped by other men.


I don't think it's cultural per se; I think it has to do with how a lot of us men worldwide were raised
Mbuyiselo Botha
South African Men's Forum

Some 3% of the men interviewed said they had coerced a man or a boy into sex.

The participants were also tested for HIV and the authors of the survey were surprised that men who had raped were not more likely to test positive for the virus.

Mbuyiselo Botha, from the South African Men's Forum, which campaigns for women's rights, told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme that any view of women as "fair game" had to be challenged.

Mr Botha, a father of two girls himself, said: "I think that yes, the figures are that high and for us, for me in particular, that is a very sad state of affairs.

"It means that we continue in South Africa to be one of the highest capitals of rape in the world.

"I don't think it's cultural per se; I think it has to do with how a lot of us men worldwide were raised. The issues of dominance against women, issues of inequality, are pervasive and you find them throughout the world."

South Africa's government has been repeatedly criticised for failing to address the country's rape epidemic.

A recent trade union report said a child was being raped in South Africa every three minutes with the vast majority of those cases going unreported.

:waugh:

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Post by Mike » 21 Jun 2009 20:15

sounds like someone needs a chastity belt

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Post by psyper » 24 Jun 2009 01:01

gulliver wrote:Taken from another site. I don't have the original source.
South African rape survey shock
...

:waugh:
Found the original source if anyone gives a:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8107039.stm

I'm not too sure I want to live in SA now:
1 in 4 chance of raping a young girl :dance:
1 in 10 chance of being raped by a load of men :cry:
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Post by psyper » 22 Jul 2009 16:55

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8161578.stm

I guess there will be lots of azn super-heroes springing up then.
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Post by AngelBaby » 29 Jul 2009 22:19

lol wut?

I'd hate to have to explain that claim to my health insurance adjuster. :waugh:

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Post by psyper » 26 Aug 2009 13:13

I'm sure that I might have posted this somewhere but if I haven't here it is
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8211209.stm?lsm
and if I have then its in here twice - deal with it.

I do want one though so if any Americans care to help a guy out... :D
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Post by gulliver » 24 Nov 2009 18:24

The stuff of nightmares.

How did that man not go completely insane?

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Post by AngelBaby » 25 Nov 2009 00:33

gulliver wrote:The stuff of nightmares.

How did that man not go completely insane?
Yeah, I read about this yesterday and wondered the exact same thing. Gives me the shivers just thinking about it. :blink:

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