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What can one say about such things?

From BBC last week:


One in four South African men questioned in a survey said they had raped someone, and nearly half of them admitted more than one attack.


The study, by the country’s Medical Research Council, also found three out of four who admitted rape had attacked for the first time during their teens.


It said practices such as gang rape were common because they were considered a form of male bonding.


The MRC spoke to 1,738 men in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape provinces.


The research was conducted in both rural and urban areas and included all racial groups.


Using an electronic device to keep the results anonymous, the study found that 73% of those who admitted rape said they had carried out their first assault before the age of 20.


Almost half who said they had carried out a rape admitted they had done so more than once.



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