If we are to believe the latest statistics from the Congo, the rate of rape has reached astronomical proportions:
The analysis, which will be published in the American Journal of Public Health in June, shows that more than 400,000 women had been raped nationwide during a 12-month period between 2006 and 2007.
That’s 1 in 42 women. Presumably some of those women may have been raped more than once, considering how often it happens.
AP looks at the statistics only in terms of the women, but what do the numbers tell you about Congolese men? More than 2 percent are rapists?
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