LETTER: Writer ignores women abuse in Israel
Militarism and patriarchy seriously worsen the situation for women and children in Israel and the occupied territories
02 December 2019 - 17:36
Allan Wolman has given a catalogue of gender abuse in Iraq in particular and in the Arab world in general. (“Sex abuse ignored (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/letters/2019-11-27-letter-sex-abuse-ignored/)”, November 27).
The abuse of women and girls is not unique to the Arab world. Rather, wherever patriarchy exists — and that is everywhere — toxic masculinity will prevail. In Israel, where Wolman claims “gender violence and child abuse hardly exist”, militarism is added to patriarchy, which as a result seriously worsens the situation for women in Israel and the occupied territories...
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