More Toilets = Fewer Rapes

That seems to be the case in the state of Bihar, India.  Eighty-five percent of the homes in the state do not have a toilet.  So, when girls or women go out in the fields to defecate, they are liable to be raped.  Authorities think that at least 400 rapes in Bihar would not occur if toilets were generally available.  Some 85% of the rural households in the state, one of India's poorest, have no access to a toilet.

While Bihar is the poorest state in India, more than half-a-billion Indians lack access to basic sanitation.