Public transport: 156 women sexually assaulted every day, according to a document from the Paris Prefecture of Police
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Public transport: 156 women sexually assaulted every day, according to a document from the Paris Prefecture of Police
by drevny_kocur
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> 57,000 women filed complaints of sexual violence on public transport in 2020. On a daily basis, this represents 156 women who filed a complaint after being assaulted on public transport every day. The information was revealed in a police memo, to which Le Parisien had access on Thursday August 31.
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> “A significant black figure for sexual assaults” explains the document, called “procès-verbal de contexte” and drawn up in 2022. The figures it reports point to an increase in sexual assaults two and a half times higher since 2011. The document was drawn up by the Sûreté régionale des transports of the Préfecture de police de Paris.
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> These figures are undoubtedly underestimated, given that a silent majority of victims do not press charges. The document explains this phenomenon by the fact that they are “unaware of the criminal nature of the abuse they have suffered” and that they consider filing a complaint “pointless”, even engendering “a feeling of shame”.
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> According to the document, it is minors who are most affected by these sexual assaults. The majority of recorded complaints come from people under the age of 18, as only 11.6% of complaints are filed by adults. According to the report, this phenomenon could be explained by the influence of the MeToo movement, which is raising awareness of this kind of issue among the younger generation.
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> The main transport systems concerned are in the Ile-de-France region, although this type of offence is down by 3.9% over the first seven months of 2023, compared with 2021, i.e. 31 fewer assaults. As for the profile of frotteurs, it concerns a wide range of men aged between 12 and 72. These “frotteurs” and “main baladeuses” represent 60% of the offenders concerned.
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> In 2023, 87% of women said they had already been victims of sexual assault, harassment or rape on public transport.
How does this compare to other countries?
I wonder why