Why Men Rape: An Indian Undercover Investigation

by Tara Kaushal

A lot more men are getting away than the number of those getting falsely accused. Is it possible to ascertain the extent to which rapes are unreported—they are unreported, that’s the point, right? Data journalists Pramit Bhattacharya and Tadit Kundu compared data of the actual experiences of crime survivors as reported by the National Family Health Survey with that of crimes recorded by the police compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau to arrive at an estimate. It is 99.1 per cent of rapes that are unreported if you include marital rape; if you don’t—85 per cent of sexual violence committed by someone other than the current husband is unreported101. While these figures do not shock me and may not shock many of my female readers, odds are you, dear male reader, will need a moment to take that in*.