Saudi Arabia: beating children is finally recorded and exposed

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NZ has one of the highest levels of domestic violence in the western world, I believe.

A lot of it comes from a pervasive “tough guy” attitude.

Domestic abuse that is a part of the culture; even justified by religious texts and has a whole institution with governmental support is different than your "usual" domestic abuse. For example:

In Saudi Arabia and Jordan, a girl can lose her life if her family knew about her having a secret affair with a man. We are not speaking about a "drunk" boyfriend; but we are speaking about your own family holding knives to kill you and throw you in the garbage:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor_killing

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This video exposed what so many children go through in Saudi Arabia:

https://twitter.com/shoaa_ahm/status/119...8751233026

Striking your children in front of people is practiced by so many in Saudi Arabia. Beating the kids with slaps, punches and pushing against objects is practiced widely.

Back in the day in Saudi schools teachers used to strike us students all the time as both punishment for certain acts and simple angry explosions towards the children. I was slapped on the head and beaten with a stick. That was the routine until I reached high-school and it became physically ineffective.

We can understand the brutal conditions that lead many Saudies to carry on crimes like the Kashoggi killing, or the destructive behavior we saw from Saudi forces in Yemen.

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Yes; here are some "Arabic" lines to say before kicking your son/daughter in Saudi Arabic:

ةالله لاعلمك الادب يا حرارة
شنو حركات القحاب ذي يا قحبة؟
شوية كفوف راح تعلمك الادب
فضحتينا يالقحبة, يلعن امك يا جرارة يا وصخة

Whaddya mean 'finally exposed'?  It's pretty common knowledge that this happens, and has been for a long time.

Boru

But nobody moved against it from the west