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It’s not just historically white countries that fall prey to the lure of exceptionalism. It’s a very human condition, the feeling that you and your people are special.
I read this thread in the knowledge that New Zealand has the highest rate of domestic violence in the developed
I read this thread in the knowledge that New Zealand has the highest rate of domestic violence in the developed
world.
1 in 3 women experience intimate partner harm. 1 in 2 for psychological abuse. 1 in 8 men report being victims of family violence. Physical or sexual abuse affects 58% of Māori women over their lifetime - that’s 1 in 2. Add in other forms of violence and that rises to 80%.
1 in 3 women experience intimate partner harm. 1 in 2 for psychological abuse. 1 in 8 men report being victims of family violence. Physical or sexual abuse affects 58% of Māori women over their lifetime - that’s 1 in 2. Add in other forms of violence and that rises to 80%.
Does that sound like the Promised Land to you?
Does that sound like a people with the secret to peace, love and happiness?
In Wales, we’re also not immune to the self-soothing lie that we can be the exception.
We see it in @WelshGovernment’s #LGBTQActionPlan which purports to
Does that sound like a people with the secret to peace, love and happiness?
In Wales, we’re also not immune to the self-soothing lie that we can be the exception.
We see it in @WelshGovernment’s #LGBTQActionPlan which purports to
