main Chapter findings
10-62 4-41 Men’s perpetration of rape against women and girls was relatively common across the region; however, prevalence rates varied significantly across sites.
Rape of an intimate partner was more common than nonpartner rape in all sites except Papua New Guinea-Bougainville.
The most commonly reported motivation for perpetrating rape across sites was related to men’s sense of sexual entitlement.
A range of 10 percent to 62 percent of the men interviewed across the sites reported that they had perpetrated rape against a woman or girl in their lifetime.
Non-partner rape perpetration prevalence ranged from 4 percent to 41 percent across the nine sites surveyed.
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Men’s reported perpetration of gang rape in their lifetime ranged from 1 percent to 14 percent across the nine sites.
Half of all men who had perpetrated rape did so for the first time when they were teenagers (younger than 20 years).
The majority of men who perpetrated rape did not experience any legal consequences.
A range of 2 percent to 8 percent of the men interviewed reported that they had raped another man or boy in their lifetime. The overlap of rape of a man and the rape of a woman is very pronounced. Most men who had raped a man had also raped a female non-partner.
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