http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/ ... index.htmlRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- Arrested on a charge of theft, a teenage girl was locked up in an Amazon jail for weeks with 21 men who would only let her eat in return for sex.
The 15-year-old performed sex with inmates while officials did nothing, until the story erupted in the national media and outraged Brazilians demanded her transfer.
"Throwing a 15 year-old girl into a cell with 20 men was a heinous and intolerable act," Brazilian Bar Association President Cezar Britto said in an interview.
So which is worse? In the Middle East, if a woman is raped, she's beaten for being raped. In Brazil, if a female minor steals, they're thrown in a jail cell with 20 men without protection.
I guess I'd take Brazil. You can choose not to steal, but you might not be able to necessarily prevent yourself from being raped in the Middle East.