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Women's Rights & Issues

LonePirate

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2. The US has roughly 5.5x the number of people as Italy.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Nov 21, 2023, 10:40 AM

Nov 2023

We almost certainly have more than 50 domestic violence deaths a week, let alone a year. So this speaks to how Italy is reprioritizing the issue while the US, comparatively, is not. Either way, it’s long overdue for both countries.

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Italy is outraged by the death of a young woman in the latest suspected case of gender violence [View all] Eugene Nov 2023 OP

Hell I'm outraged that it happens everyday in every country around the world. flying_wahini Nov 2023 #1

The US has roughly 5.5x the number of people as Italy. LonePirate Nov 2023 #2

On average, three women are murdered every day redqueen Nov 2023 #5

The U.S. is never going to prioritize slightlv Nov 2023 #3

I think we need to BlueSky3 Nov 2023 #4