"I have read many accounts of such rapes in Okinawan newspapers and books, but few people know about them or are willing to talk about them," said Steve Rabson, a professor of East Asian Studies at Brown University, who is an expert on Okinawa.
The continuing prevalence of such rape-supportive beliefs can render even well-intentioned prosecutors unwilling to pursue legitimate cases, given the likelihood that juries will refuse to convict.
What's more, the Pentagon estimated that perhaps 80% of such rapes go unreported.
Hundreds of reports of such "corrective rapes" — a controversial but commonly used term in South Africa — are registered each year in the Western Cape alone.
What sometimes isn't noted is that many young Darfuri girls undergo an extreme form of genital cutting called infibulation, in which the vagina is stitched closed until marriage; that makes such rapes of schoolgirls particularly violent and bloody, increasing the risk of AIDS transmission.
20.2% has been victim of physical violence; 21% of sexual violence and 5.4% of the most serious forms of sexual violence such as rape and attempted rape.
This is the same school where they place children who have severe behavioral problems and who are guilty of such offenses as assault and battery, rape, drug offenses, concealing a deadly weapon, and more.
The marital rape of such a sympathetic character appears to have been one assault too many for some devotees of a show (and series of novels) that makes much of its sensitivity to "reality of the times" of its medievalized setting.
However there are others who are attracted to men who commit extreme acts of violence, such as rape or murder.
They also facilitate the discussion of issues such as rape, family planning and contraception, HIV and Aids, and menstruation.
Lewis noted: "What you need is an agency that is staffed with committed activists and never lets go of issues such as rape and sexual violence.
