The draft report asks for a uniform, consent-based definition of rape in the EU, tougher rules on cyber violence, and improved support for victims, FEMM, LIBE. Last Wednesday (28 June), the committees on Civil Liberties and Women’s Rights approved changes to a proposed directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence. A consent-based definition […]
A hundred years ago (give or take a few) it was quite legal for young children to work.
Go back a hundred more, and it’s slavery.
And this is just in the “western” world.
In summary: why “just” now? Because that’s how humanity works. And also, this (and any other “progress”) may revert in the future. Because that’s how humanity works.
A hundred years ago (give or take a few) it was quite legal for young children to work.
Go back a hundred more, and it’s slavery.
And this is just in the “western” world.
In summary: why “just” now? Because that’s how humanity works. And also, this (and any other “progress”) may revert in the future. Because that’s how humanity works.
It also may get better. Because that’s also how humanity works. We’re adaptive.
“because that’s how it works” doesn’t explain anything about why that’s how it works, which is the thing I was asking about. ~Strawberry