UNICEF; 1 in 10 women sexually assaulted by age 20

[NewYorkExpress]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-29071073

A UNICEF report stated that 120 million girls (or 1 in 10) are sexually abused before their 20th birthday, and that cyber bullying has become the most popular form of Sexual Abuse. In addition, one in three students between the ages thirteen and fifteen report some form of regular bullying in school.

Could this report change the way we parent our children?

[Antonio the Sixth]

Sadly not surprising.

[King]

I don't think we should consider cyberbullying in sexual assault statistics.

[NewYorkExpress]

I don't think we should consider cyberbullying in sexual assault statistics.

Cyberbullying can be considered a form of sexual assault.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

I'm almost surprised it's not higher.

[Cory]

I don't think we should consider cyberbullying in sexual assault statistics.

Cyberbullying can be considered a form of sexual assault.

Almost anything "can" be considered assault. It's about bringing some common sense to this equation. Being called fat on Facebook isn't sexual assault.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

What does this report define as "sexual assault"?

[King]

Classify some American teenager  being told she has a nice ass on Instagram unsoliticed as a similar event to a tribal girl being raped by a pillaging warlord is pretty gross.

[Zanas]

Yeah, I would like to know the figures for physical, corporeal sexual assaults, which may sadly be as saddening as these ones. I'm not saying cyber-bullying is alright, especially if sexually oriented, but it cannot in any way be compared with physical assault.

[Oakvale]

What does this report define as "sexual assault"?

Would you say that if this was a report on virtually anything else? "What does this report define as "war"?"

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

What does this report define as "sexual assault"?

Would you say that if this was a report on virtually anything else? "What does this report define as "war"?"

Yes. I am a very skeptical person by nature--otherwise I probably wouldn't be a revolutionary socialist.

[Famous Mortimer]

What does this report define as "sexual assault"?

Would you say that if this was a report on virtually anything else? "What does this report define as "war"?"

Yes, we would say exactly that.

There was another sensationalist article in this very section which said that basically every country was at war except Costa Rica and everyone ridiculed how ridiculous it's definition of war was.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Classify some American teenager  being told she has a nice ass on Instagram unsoliticed as a similar event to a tribal girl being raped by a pillaging warlord is pretty gross.

     I normally take exception with what gets called gross on this forum, but I have to concur with this one. It's important to have some perspective on what constitutes sexual assault before throwing out an alarming figure.

[Famous Mortimer]

The thing is, the number of women sexually assaulted would probably be super high even if you didn't pad the numbers. So why do it?

[All Along The Watchtower]

I didn't realize that middle-class white men were the authority on defining sexual assault against women.

[Famous Mortimer]

I didn't realize that middle-class white men were the authority on defining sexual assault against women.

Real logical argument. You've convinced me.

[All Along The Watchtower]

I didn't realize that middle-class white men were the authority on defining sexual assault against women.

Real logical argument. You've convinced me.

So you don't think women are perhaps better judges of what constitutes sexual assault against women than men are?

[NewYorkExpress]

I didn't realize that middle-class white men were the authority on defining sexual assault against women.

Real logical argument. You've convinced me.

So you don't think women are perhaps better judges of what constitutes sexual assault against women than men are?

I think what he's trying to say is there's no way to judge things like this without being biased against  somebody.

[All Along The Watchtower]

I didn't realize that middle-class white men were the authority on defining sexual assault against women.

Real logical argument. You've convinced me.

So you don't think women are perhaps better judges of what constitutes sexual assault against women than men are?

I think what he's trying to say is there's no way to judge things like this without being biased against  somebody.

Let's look at the empirical reality. The vast majority of sexual assaults worldwide are committed by men against women.

But we have to be "unbiased" (whatever that means), because....

[Famous Mortimer]

Cyberbullying isn't assault. Even if an abuse victim says it is. Just like the sky wouldn't be green if an abuse victim said so.

[TDAS04]

Terrible yet not surprising. 

[Famous Mortimer]

I didn't realize that middle-class white men were the authority on defining sexual assault against women.

Real logical argument. You've convinced me.

So you don't think women are perhaps better judges of what constitutes sexual assault against women than men are?

I think what he's trying to say is there's no way to judge things like this without being biased against  somebody.

Let's look at the empirical reality. The vast majority of sexual assaults worldwide are committed by men against women.

But we have to be "unbiased" (whatever that means), because....

The more I think about this, the less sense it makes. It's a total non-sequitur.

Most sexual assaults are by men against women. Yes. So? How does that have anything to do with cyberbullying being sexual assault?

Acknowledging that most sexual assaults are committed by men and acknowledging that cyberbullying is not assault are not mutually exclusive.

[Deus Naturae]

I didn't realize that middle-class white men were the authority on defining sexual assault against women.

Have you ever been raped? Sorry, but claiming that cyberbullying of rich white teenagers in the first world is in the same category as actual rape is pretty offensive. You should be ashamed for not only trying to defend the suggestion that it is, but implying that those criticizing that suggestion are somehow misogynists for claiming that rich first world teenagers getting perverted comments online is not the same as people being actually raped.

[JerryArkansas]

I didn't realize that middle-class white men were the authority on defining sexual assault against women.

Have you ever been raped? Sorry, but claiming that cyberbullying of rich white teenagers in the first world is in the same category as actual rape is pretty offensive. You should be ashamed for not only trying to defend the suggestion that it is, but implying that those criticizing that suggestion are somehow misogynists for claiming that rich first world teenagers getting perverted comments online is not the same as people being actually raped.

Thank you for saying this, as someone who has been the victim of such crimes, it helps to see responses like this.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

I've seen some incredibly disturbing unwanted sexual content online directed at women that I know in real life. One of my friends was terrorized to the point where she needed to delete all her online accounts and change her phone number after graphic rape threats. Rape threats, I will point out, that the police had no interest in investigating, even after we located the "man" responsible for sending them.

Stalkers are scary as hell, incredibly graphic, abusive as f***, and far bolder online than in real life because of the veil of anonymity.

Not all cyberbullying is sexual assault, but it can be.