85,000 women are raped every year, 54% of teenage boys find hard-core internet porn 'inspiring' and 35% of all sex crimes against under 16s... so how DO we keep our daughters safe?

TheOtherBono · 2013-12-01T20:35:05+00:00

is there a whmis symbol for this kind of stupidity, the kind that radiates off the page and is slowly turning my skin green like the Hulk.

the comments section brought little comfort

circuitology · 2013-12-01T21:14:21+00:00

I complained to the the Press Complaints Commission about this headline. http://pcc.org.uk/

No way are there 85000 rapes.

In 2011 as per the Police

These are the figures for 2011 15,940 reported rapes in year to March 2011 12% classed as no crime 24% of all cases lead to conviction or caution.

I would urge others to complain

MockingDead · 2013-12-01T22:58:35+00:00

85,000 [estimated] women are raped every year.

Out of 56,567,800 people. That's 1 out of 665. That's... not that many. I mean, it's too many, but even at the largest made-up number, it's hardly endemic.

54% of teenage boys find hard-core internet porn 'inspiring' and...

And so what? I find Napoleon's conquest of Europe inspiring, but I'm not rallying for the wholesale conquering of our neighboring nations?

35% of all sex crimes against under 16s...

This is a problem. We have a number and the words "Sex crimes" and an age. But no demarcation as to gender or severity. For all we've been told a 3rd of these could be guys getting pissed and urinating in an alleyway. Or sexting. Or two 15 year olds feeling each other up. We don't know.

A lot of equivocating in this story for the sake of building a panic.

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