Rapes reported. Something tells me that if all rapes were reported in nations in the middle east [not likely to happen since doing so means a death sentence], the rankings would be muuuch higher, at least if you went on a percentage of population basis. Then there's the whole thing where rape reporting in Canada is apparently unbelievably low, according to a couple news articles I remember reading on...I THINK it was Huffington Post. It might've been a Canadian news source, actually. In honesty, I can't remember what the source was, so I can't link to the articles. I don't think I need to link to any sources about the middle east rape problem, though; we already know what happens to women who get raped and it gets found out, there...
I'm not surprised, though, that European nations don't have as many rapes as we do; they tend to be a bit more on the stable side of things. As I mentioned before, we seem to have some serious issues with the mental health of individuals in this country. It doesn't help that in the US at least (I dunno about European nations in this regard), mental illnesses are stigmatized. We have this weird thing with people saying that psychiatric and psychological illnesses are bullshit and that we can just "think our way out of them."
Hell knows that's some bullshit. The last few months, I've been plagued by what apparently is clinical depression. I've had really bad brain fog and a detachment from enjoyment of activities I normally enjoy, more so than usual. In fact, much more so than usual. It's not something I can think my way out of; no matter how much I fight and struggle to break the mental haze, detachment, and debilitating loss of concentration, I can't fight it off or mitigate it to the slightest amount. I bet you anything that if I mentioned this to people, there'd be quite a few who would scoff and airily inform me I'm just not trying hard enough or some garbage.
Doesn't help that we've continued to be plagued by our puritan origins, which keeps translating into sex being treated like such a taboo topic. Sexual repression and misinformation doesn't exactly breed a healthy mindset in regards to sexuality...
I'm not surprised, though, that European nations don't have as many rapes as we do; they tend to be a bit more on the stable side of things. As I mentioned before, we seem to have some serious issues with the mental health of individuals in this country. It doesn't help that in the US at least (I dunno about European nations in this regard), mental illnesses are stigmatized. We have this weird thing with people saying that psychiatric and psychological illnesses are bullshit and that we can just "think our way out of them."
Hell knows that's some bullshit. The last few months, I've been plagued by what apparently is clinical depression. I've had really bad brain fog and a detachment from enjoyment of activities I normally enjoy, more so than usual. In fact, much more so than usual. It's not something I can think my way out of; no matter how much I fight and struggle to break the mental haze, detachment, and debilitating loss of concentration, I can't fight it off or mitigate it to the slightest amount. I bet you anything that if I mentioned this to people, there'd be quite a few who would scoff and airily inform me I'm just not trying hard enough or some garbage.
Doesn't help that we've continued to be plagued by our puritan origins, which keeps translating into sex being treated like such a taboo topic. Sexual repression and misinformation doesn't exactly breed a healthy mindset in regards to sexuality...
