this one's about violence. Domestic violence more particular.
Some men think they just can beat their wives or girlsfriends up, molest them, rape them without concequences. And most of them actually get away with it.
I personally think that sucks...
And Stieg Larsson agrees with me. He's the one that got me thinking on the subject...
I went to the movies last night with some of my friends an we watched "the girl with the dragon tattoo". Which was originally the first book of the Millenium-trilogy of Mr. Larsson.
(Amazing movie by the way, it even got me started on the books.)
In Sweden 18 pecent of the women have been treathened by men, and only 5 percent of all abuses gets to the police. FIVE PERCENT people. That's practically nothing.In Belgium 20 percent of the women is abused physically, sexually or psychologically.
In the movie "enough' (the one with Jennifer Lopez) it's the same thing. She's been beaten up by her husband, but he's rich and he's powerful. She goes to the police and asks what would happen if she'd pressed charges. He'd go to jail. He'd pay his way out. He'd take revenge on her.
In the end, she's going to be the only one suffering.
Point taken?
I'm not going to go down on the other numbers, but I think it should already be clear that it's just not right. And maybe I can't do anything about it on my own, but if all of us just spread the word and do something about it in our own way, like not beating up your girls yourself (for the boys) and stand up for yourself (for the girls) and maybe we can make it just a little bit better.
If you want to change the world, then start with the people. If you want to change other people, then first change yourself.
I want to be a voice, not an echo... And this is my voice.
