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Big difference between reported rape and actual rape.
That being said, I hope for Turkmenistan and Armenia these numbers are for actual rape, good on them if it's low.
Yes, I agree generalisation is bad. But, I wanted to raise a counterpoint to what everyone here was saying. The end goal for the betterment of all of us is still no rape (hopefully one day).
Both countries have strong social constructs which imo will decrease the possibilities for potential rapists to act on their urges. It is imo not that the numbers of potential rapists is lower.
What I doubt much more is that banning porn will significantly reduce actual porn consumption.
Egypt is lowest on the rape list. There is a huge stigma to report a rape in Egypt. From what I gather, nobody trusts the Egyptian numbers.
My gut tells me the situation is similar in both Armenistan and Turkmenistan. Punishment for rape might be severe, but very likely the social pressure on the victims is also immense.