A study by the Brasilia-based Institute for Applied Economic Research drawing on data from 2013 says a woman in Brazil is raped every 11 minutes, though the number is likely to be higher, its authors admitted, because so few of them report the crimes. The reason is fear – fear that they will suffer reprisals, that the ‘macho’ police will have no interest in pursuing their cases or that they will be exposed to further humiliation by being labeled the guilty party for somehow egging their attackers on. The report, published last month, said one in every 200 Brazilian women have been the victims of some form of sexual violence in their lifetimes.
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