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Thursday, June 28th, 2018

US ranked in top 10 most dangerous countries for women: poll

Author:     Clark Mindock
Source:     The Independent (U.K.)
Publication Date:     27 June 2018
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Stephan:   A woman's right to control her own body now hangs in the balance, but the truth is just being a woman in the United States is a danger in its own right. America ranks amongst the top 10 most dangerous countries in the world for a woman. As this report says, "The other countries ranked in the top 10 for danger to women included Pakistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Yemen, and Nigeria." What a lovely group of countries to have as peers. Did you notice that not a single other developed nation in the world is on the bad nation list? And did you notice that this report is in a British newspaper and has gone almost unmentioned in the U.S.? America's reputation as a world leader on human rights is in tatters. At this point it is a question of how far our decline will go.

The #MeToo and Time’s Up movements sparked protests around the country
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The United States is the 10th most dangerous country in the world for women, a new survey of experts shows. (emphasis added)

Thomson Reuters Foundation surveyed 548 experts to determine which countries are seen as the worst for women.

The results make the US the only Western democracy to land in the top 10 of the list, alongside the likes of India, Afghanistan, and Somalia. The US tied with Syria in terms of he risks women face as far as sexual violence, harassment, sexual coercion, and women’s access to justice in cases of rape, according to the survey.

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“People want to think income means you’re protected from misogyny, and sadly that’s no the case,” Cindy Southworth, he executive vice president of the National Network to End Domestic Violence, told Reuters.

The surprise addition of the United States to the top 10 on the list was a result of the #MeToo and Time’s Up campaigns, which […]

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2 Comments

  1. Eric on Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 5:23 pm

    I just can’t understand why American women accept this.

    • Stephan Schwartz on Friday, June 29, 2018 at 8:13 pm

      Neither can I, Eric.