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Violet_Crumble

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10. It's done nothing, and I think it's going to be many, many generations before things change...

Sat Jun 28, 2014, 02:42 AM

Jun 2014

That's really pessimistic, but having been there and knowing how weak the government is and how lawless much of PNG is, I think in this case I'm wise to be pessimistic.

I found a thesis written about the law and order problems in PNG. I've only read the introduction so far, and the writer says that it's a Melanesian problem that needs to be dealt with in a Melanesian way, but they lost me when they defined Melanesia as the Torres Strait Islands (part of Australia), Vanuatu, Fiji etc. Because as far as I know, there's not endemic abuse of women in any of those places. I think the problem is a Papua New Guinea problem rather than a Melanesian one...

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Study finds 'severe' brutality against women in Papua New Guinea [View all] Violet_Crumble Jun 2014 OP

This really is horrible. In_The_Wind Jun 2014 #1

Good God. And they are 134 of 148 in the index that ranks countries according to how badly women Squinch Jun 2014 #2

10% under age eight. antiquie Jun 2014 #3

The awful things men do to show that they're 'men' makes me ashamed to be male. Aristus Jun 2014 #4

We know you are one of the good people. antiquie Jun 2014 #5

Aw, thanks... Aristus Jun 2014 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2014 #13

Obviously making the abuse punishable by death didn't do much. redqueen Jun 2014 #7

sad. the future does not look very bright for them. Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2014 #8

It's done nothing, and I think it's going to be many, many generations before things change... Violet_Crumble Jun 2014 #10

Blaming a specific (usually nonwhite) ethnic group is always convenient, but rarely if ever helpful. nomorenomore08 Jul 2014 #15

Sickening ismnotwasm Jun 2014 #9

I think the status of women in PNG has always been low... Violet_Crumble Jun 2014 #11

I'm reading about some of the tribal customs and history now ismnotwasm Jun 2014 #12

Things like this *sorely* test my opposition to capital punishment, I must say... n/t nomorenomore08 Jul 2014 #14