This Picture Reveals A Horrifying Fact About Rape Culture

By Sona Kadam on October 16, 2016 at 1:26 PM

Reading about rapes and studying stats is a common thing that we do on daily basis all thanks to newspapers covering them. Rape is the fourth most common crime against women in India. Rape is not a new thing it goes way back. During the partition of India, some 100,000 women claimed to have been kidnapped and raped.

According to 2012 statistics, New Delhi has the highest raw number of rape reports among Indian cities, while Jabalpur has the highest per capita rate of rape reports. Several rape cases in India received widespread media attention and triggered protests since 2012, but still the conditions for women never changed.

Recently an Infographic is getting viral on social media and it is revealing a bad truth about the rape culture we have. The info-graphic shows how around 90% of rapes go unreported and only 1/3rd culprits are actually put behind the bar.

This tweet by Sareana Kimia, shows the statistics related to rape that hold true pretty much everywhere in the world. While around 34,651 cases of rape were reported in India last year, around 90 % cases are said to be unreported!

90% rapes go unreported
Of those reported, only 30% go to trial
Of those who faced trial, only 1/3 were jailed#WhyWomenDontReport #notokay pic.twitter.com/UjNdI8L0In

— Sareana Kimia (@SareanaKimia) October 14, 2016