Hiku said:
Yes it does explain the disparity.
Over a decade ago Sweden introduced a new sex-crime law with the world’s most expansive definition of rape. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/swedens-rape-crisis-isnt-what-it-seems/article30019623/
"Imagine, for example, if your boss rubbed against you in an unwanted way at work once a week for a year. In Canada, this would potentially be a case of sexual assault. Under Germany’s more limited laws, it would be zero cases. In Sweden, it would be tallied as 52 separate cases of rape"
If you believe there's nearly 70 times more rape (by the general definition) in Sweden than Indonesia, Serbia, etc, or anywhere near that number for that matter, then you need to do more research.
Because of Sweden's extremely expansive definition of rape, the most expansive in the world, a lot things that are not filed as rape in other countries, are in Sweden.
So if another country suddenly decide to classify bumping shoulders as rape, they'll naturally top the charts. And ppl can use those numbers to make innacurate comparisons like you did.
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No it doesn't ...
Their tallying reports, not cases but reports and it's just sad that people in Sweden are 2.5 times more likely than people in the US to report it ...
Sexual harassment isn't any less of a crime either so downplaying that doesn't help your argument ...
