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But danger and discrimination are something girls are born to and learn to live with in various ways from their earliest development to their last days in the nursing home. The proportion of women who have experienced sexual assault or violence either as children or as adults is staggeringly high even in countries with a good record on female emancipation.
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You know, as a mother of teenage boys coming into their adulthood, I read this portion of your post Dana, and it just makes me think that as a parent, I'm terrified of the danger of violence to my sons when they enter the world as adults. It's just a thought, but maybe all the minority groups (women, transgender, gay etc) might have a case, but there's plenty to worry about as a parent of just about any other kid too. Even young males.
nb. I recognise that this is entirely not the topic, but it's just something that occurred to me as I read the op.