Working mom on maternity leave with (soon) four small(ish) kids in Berlin. Lots of typos.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Poor Souls
Following the Indian high-profile rape and murder case, the German newspaper I read (SZ) publishes daily short blurbs on new rape cases in India. Today of a seven- and three-year old girl (both died). Sadly, in a few days, the media hype will die out. Devastatingly, the cases continue, day after day, with or without the world taking note. Those stories that have been able to latch on to the hype will also disappear, such as human trafficking reports and condom use from today's paper, which usually don't get coverage. Rape is something I find terrible and terrifying. An industry based on this (human trafficking) is - I am at loss for words what it could be described as. And even the decision by US pornography producers to go against a law that would force "actors" to use condoms (a third of them at least have tested STDs), because it's too much effort (and cost, for an industry that makes heaps of profits) to photoshop - it just makes me a combination of angry and sad (is there a word for this other than the bland "disappointed"?).
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