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In reply to the discussion: I give up. [View all]

Haveadream

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19. K&R
Sun Oct 16, 2016, 09:47 AM
Oct 2016

This needs to be a national conversation. The entrenched apathy about assaults on women, just because they happen to be women, is the obstacle standing in the way of solutions. Those who stand idly by and look at violence against women as just a fact of life to be accepted are the biggest reason assault is at epidemic levels. We need greater awareness, we need people to actually care, we need people to stand up for their fellow human beings. If this election has done any good, it has brought the problem out of the shadows and into the light. It has also shown us exactly who the people are who are part of that problem. Silence by those who should support and defend, means consent.

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