That's a really inaccurate generalisation about Africans. Look at Donald Trump as a fine American example of a sexually abusive individual. Silvio Berluscone, the former Prime Minister of Italy, is another

It is all too true unfortunately.

In an ideal world politicians would be the best of us. The reality is that they're often the most mediocre and dishonest of us.

Thanks for the comment.

Thank you.

That is correct.

Is this article about awareness about violence or the archaic nature of the discourse around violence? The "language of protectionism" resurrects patriarchal notions. If you have some other overly

When you read this post, which I presume you did, besides the word patriarchy, did you notice that the material was applicable to the language and discourse surrounding violence in South Africa?

Tomorrow I'll cover the male perspective.

Come visit rural Africa

Perhaps not your part of the world, but much of the developing world is still patriarchal.

That is the nature of the problem, it has cultural and other drivers as opposed to sheer ignorance that awareness could do something about.