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Brazilians say women in revealing clothes deserve rape: poll
March 30, 2014
In Brazil, the land of mini bikinis and voluptuous carnival dancers, most people say a woman who shows off her body deserves to be raped, according to a poll that has triggered outrage.
Of the 3,810 respondents of both sexes who responded to the government's Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) survey released this week, about 2,480 -- 65 per cent -- justified raping women who wear "clothing that shows off the body."
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