This, it went on, is not the case in the ‘less fortunate’ countries of the world (which included India, Sudan, South Africa, and a few other Asian, African and Middle Eastern countries). British women may face violence, Cosmo continued, ‘but we are not dismissed or ignored by the government that is there to protect us them. And we live in a society where we can protest and make our voices heard’. If Cosmo’s sugary fantasy departed completely from the reality of everyday life in Britain for most women, where far from protecting them, the government is often complicit in violence against them, it also conveniently forgot that the largest anti-rape protests in the world took place in that ‘less fortunate’ country, India, in December 2012.
via Why the cynical focus on ‘Honour crimes’ won’t combat gender violence in the UK | Media Diversified.
