Warbler said:

Hey, it's me. said:

Punishments like beatings and 'stuff like that' are illegal in the good ol' US of A? They're illegal in most countries but doesn't stop them happening behind closed doors.

I when it happens behind closed doors, I would suggest that victims leave that house and go to the police. They do not have to live like that.

But they won't Warb. That is part of abuse and oppression. If you talk to a battered wife or girlfriend in the US, they will generally defend their abusive significant other. They'll usually excuse him saying that they really did screw up that time and probably deserved it. Most of these women will lie to cover up for their abuser, "I ran into a door knob. Again. I'm really clumsy, you know."

You can't even get modern "liberated" American women to go to the police about stuff like this. So how do you think that is going to pan out when the woman has been taught since infancy that she is inferior, that her husband is within his right to beat her on occasion, and that god and her family would turn their backs on her if she were to do something as horrific as turn her husband into the authorities of this disgusting, evil, godless society. You can pretend "she should go to the police" is a safety net that really protects her all you want, if it makes you feel better, but it doesn't change the harsh reality of these poor women and the cycle of abuse and poor self image this way of thinking forces on them.

Remember our discussion about the gang rapes in France? You have a 15 year old girl who gets gang raped by 20 guys, she can't go to her parents because they will disown her. You think she is actually going to go to the police??? If she does that her parents are sure to find out, then she is out on the street and screwed. It is messed up and backwards as can be.

If we are letting these people into our countries, we have some obligation to protect them, educate them, and force order on them.