In a survey, nearly 25% of men in some Asian countries, including China and Indonesia, said they have committed rape. This includes rape of a spouse.

Nearly 25% of Indian men also say they have committed rape.

Many girls of Asian origin in the UK are raped, and keep it secret because their relatives would punish them if they knew. Sometimes relatives force them into an unwanted marriage to get them out of the family.

The condemnation of females who have sex, even involuntarily, reflects the patriarchal idea of females as valuable property of the family, rather then as persons who matter for their own sake.