Domestic violence is everyone's business

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JULY 6 — A man slashed his wife and infant son, then fled, naked on a motorcycle. The bizarre horror of the incident aside, I found a certain detail in the reporting of the case...

JULY 6 — A man slashed his wife and infant son, then fled, naked on a motorcycle.

Who taught him that? Why didn't he immediately speed off to the police station instead of, as he said, rush off to school instead? Domestic violence isn't even rare — it's so prevalent that it might be time we take it seriously and address it not just societally but in schools. — AFP picAll you have to do is go on Malaysian Twitter and whenever some woman brings up abuse or harassment, there will be someone defending the abuser.

It's a little ridiculous that women who dress immodestly by Malaysian standards — anything from not covering their head to a tight dress — will be harangued online signifying that what a woman wears is seen as a matter of public concern.

 

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