Ratio of Rape

usman,
rape is something which is not simply the product of one area or region. The west experiences it from those who are just sexually depraved, in the US people understand when a girl will meet yopu for lunch it does not mean she wants any more and a NO is a NO.
in pakistan, the perception is of total control by men, and the laws of proving the rape are so diffuicult that it is impossible to prove it. there also is no protection of the victim if he or she is a minor and we report the whole family potrait in every newspaper.
in the US people convicted of sexual crimes are on a public list and have to report their residences, hence everyone knows who lives in their neighborhood.
lastly i visited india about a year ago, the one thing that stands out in their society which is desprately missing, is that women are actually respected in most areas regardless of what line of work they are in, business, doctors, nurses or cleaning the streets. on my last trip to pakistan in 07, i still see a rampant disease os if a women does anything other then practiceas a doctor or a school teacher, she is somehow looked at as women of lesser morals and values and should be taken advantage of