France's complete failure to provide justice for her rape victims

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Is France failing its rape victims?

France24

Issued on: 08/05/2023 - 15:41

By:

Marie SCHUSTER

James MULHOLLAND

According to figures from the French Ministry of Gender Equality, every year in France, 94,000 women report being victims of rape or attempted rape. But in 2021, barely 1 percent of the reported assaults resulted in a conviction. 

In addition to the emotional and psychological trauma, rape victims also have to deal with an unyielding administrative system and stereotypes, which often affect procedures and verdicts. 

France appears to be decades behind some countries in its treatment of rape victims. 

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Wikipedia - Rape in France

Rape has been documented across French history. Georges Vigarello in his 2001 book writes about the history of rape in France, highlighting events from 16th to 20th century. He states that rape has historically been seen as a form of violence, but not punished as such.[1]

Statistics:

Annual rape and all forms of sexual assaults per 100,000 people.

In 1971, the rate of declared rapes stood at 2.0 per 100,000 people.

[2] In 1995, it was 12.5.

[3] In 2009, it stood at 16.2.

[4] According to a 2012 report, about 75,000 rapes take place each year.

[5] In 2012, there were 1,293 reported rapes in a population of 66 million,

[6] and 1,188 rapes in 2013 in a population of 66 million.

[7] In 2015, rape rate for France was 20.1 cases per 100,000 population. 

Rape rate of France increased from 15.9 cases per 100,000 population in 2006 to 20.1 cases per 100,000 population in 2015 growing at an average annual rate of 2.72%.

[8] According to a 2014 report, about 5,000 to 7,000 of the rapes are gang rapes.

Except for [4] these numbers are for the number of reported rapes which account for only about 10 percent of all rapes in France. And only about 10% of reported rapes end in convictions - 1% of all rapes. That is not even close to justice, and, in fact, is virtual approval of rape in France.

It would be nice to have a graph of the number of Muslims in the country from 1971 to current, but collecting such information is against the law in France. Consequently, estimates of the percentage of the French population being Muslim vary significantly.

The reason I mention this is because there is a very good correlation between the increasing number of Muslim migrants in Sweden and the skyrocketing number of Swedish girls being raped or gang raped. I can't imagine it being any different in France.