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1 in 20 high school girls a victim of rape
July 28, 2004
One in every 20 Japanese high school girls has been a victim of rape or
attempted rape, according to a shocking survey by Asian Women's Fund.
Over 60 percent of the schoolgirls who claimed to be the victim of a forced sex
attack said they were victims of date rape, being assaulted by friends or
boyfriends.
"We need thorough guidance at places of learning and significant media coverage
to make sure we prevent date rape from happening," fund representative Yuko
Nosaka said.
The fund's survey of 2,346 Tokyo and Kyushu high school students found that 13
percent of high schoolgirls and 3 percent of high school boys said they had
been the victims of an attempted rape, while 5 percent of girls said they had
been raped. It is not known how many of these cases were ever reported to the
police.
According to Japan's first large-scale survey of this kind by the
government-affiliated Asian Women's Fund, based in Tokyo, 5.3% of female
students responding to the survey said they have experience of being forced to
have sex.
Perpetrators in order of frequency were boyfriends, associates, friends and
strangers. Nearly 70 percent of the claimed rapes occurred in the home of
either the victim or the attacker.
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