As is typical of a pseudo-intellectual, you quote data that on the surface supports your argument, but anyone who digs a little deeper can expose its irrelevance. It must have taken you a while to find an obscure source that slotted into your predetermined argument, as opposed to finding sources that actually
inform your argument.
You said only 1% of victims in India report sexual violence. This is based on the source you provided, that quoted the figure from an article that
itself got the figure from a survey done by the 'DHS program' (democratic and health survey) based in the US. This data reveals that the 1% figure
is accurate......for 2005.
http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/179/5/602.full.pdf+htmlSimilarly your second source is also 10 years out of date.
In addition, looking at the methodology of the actual survey in question, there are several question marks on how accurate the data is. For example it is stated that ''The DHS Program has adopted a policy of editing and imputation''. In other words 'missing values' are replaced with 'substituted values. It goes on to say ''“Missing,” “inconsistent,” “don’t know,” and “blank” codes are excluded when calculating statistics such as means or medians''. In other words, unless the respondent provides a clear answer to the question (which given the illiteracy, lack of proficiency in English or written skills, lack of social/communication skills, cultural stigmas and social pressures, and subsequent inability of the respondents to answer the survey completely and accurately), it is entirely possible that many 'missing values' were substituted with incorrect values. To conclude, the reliability of the survey's findings are in question.
I could provide more recent sources (that put the number of unreported rapes in India from 10% to 58%) to counter yours. However, the fact is, none of them would be definitive since there is currently
no reliable way to calculate how many rapes go unreported in any country, let alone India.
It is not only telling that you used such flawed data to support your (non)argument, but it is also telling that you completely ignored the challenge to comment on instances of
reported rape in the UK/US/Europe. Thus you have exposed yourself as having the same kind of limited understanding of the issue (and borderline racist views) as the OP.
You can pull as many figures and percentages on unreported rape you like. The fact is
none of them are definitive, and are
very likely to be inaccurate, especially in nations where collecting this kind of data is extremely difficult.
Now going back to the original request that you conveniently dodged - Supply evidence that it is 'practically impossible' to report rape in India.
Don't just post questionable rape statistics from obscure sources. Explain thoroughly how it is 'practically impossible to report rape in India'. Details of your knowledge on this topic, how you accumulated it, as well as first hand experience you have had on the reporting of rape in India should also be provided.