• Malyca@lemmy.zip
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    13 hours ago

    It’s way higher in my experience. One in four girls have been sexually abused before the age of 18, so not even counting after that.

    • velma@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      13 hours ago

      You’re right, it’s definitely higher which is why I threw in “statistically”. It is very difficult to report and record sexual assault and rape cases for many reasons.

      Sometimes this kind of conversation will attract men who want to be technically correct and I was trying to avoid arguing with anyone about what the “real” numbers are. So I pulled what we know for sure for my comment.

      The fact that it’s even higher makes this kind of whinging to women about being seen as unsafe around women very cringe.