Yes, absolutely, although some places - a few of which may surprise you - are much worse.
Some facts: A 2009 metastudy from the University of Barcelona published in Clinical Psychology Review, âPrevalence of Child Sexual Abuse in Community and Student Samples: A Meta-Analysis,â analyzed 65 research studies across 22 countries to estimate an âoverall international figureâ for such abuse. The studyâs findings include: An estimated 7.9% of men and 19.7% of women globally experienced sexual abuse prior to the age of 18. U.S. rates were 7.5% for males and 25.3% for females. The highest prevalence rate of child sexual abuse geographically was found in Africa (34.4%.) Europe showed the lowest prevalence rate (9.2%). America and Asia had prevalence rates between 10.1% and 23.9%. South Africa has the highest prevalence rates for both men (60.9%) and women (43.7%). Jordan presents the second-highest prevalence rate for men (27%), followed by Tanzania (25%). Rates between 10% and 20% are reported for males in Israel (15.7%), Spain (13.4%), Australia (13%) and Costa Rica (12.8%), while the remaining countries all have prevalence rates below 10%. For women, seven countries reported prevelence rates above 20%: Australia (37.8%), Costa Rica (32.2%), Tanzania (31.0%), Israel (30.7%), Sweden (28.1%), the United States (25.3%) and Switzerland (24.2%). - See more at: http://journalistsresource.org/studies/government/criminal-justice/global-prevalence-child-sexual-abuse#sthash.k1CndeIh.dpuf On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 9:06 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > In comparison to the rest of the world? > On Jul 15, 2014 8:51 PM, "Maureen" <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Considering the level of child abuse and pedophilia that occurs in the >> US and elsewhere, not sure preventing toddler rape is much of an issue >> here. Look how long it took for the Catholic church to do anything >> about priests who were raping children. >> >> (hi-jacking thread to make a point about one of my pet causes) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:371610 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
