S&Atilde;O PAULO, Brazil &mdash; Media outlets around the world have, over the past couple days, all had one major headline in common: American woman gang raped on Brazilian transit van.
The&nbsp;news of the attack on the 21-year-old&nbsp;staying in paradise city Rio de Janeiro on a student visa was horrific. The American woman was picked up by a van &mdash; a common form of public transportation in Rio that hold about a dozen people &mdash; along with a 23-year-old male friend from France near the famous Copacabana beach just after midnight on Saturday morning.
Brazil gang rape: Why did an American&amp;#8217;s attack get more attention than a local&amp;#8217;s?
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