Iraq legalises marriage so that 9 year olds can marry

Absolutely terribull.

I'm not supporting or apologising for Ghebreyesus' connection to the earlier regime but on his own social media he is against FGM.

He speaks of no benefits and lots of negatives. He was against Gambia making it legal and posted about that last year.

The WHO stance is that FGM is abuse.

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I read that some bloody fool of a Republican is arguing that life begins at erection.

Suggesting I assume that women cannot refuse to have sex.

No. I think this is basically an anti-masturbation law directed at men.

😄😄.

My mind has been wondering since I posted that remark. I also wonder about wet dreams etc etc etc.

The men are all doomed😊

What idiots some republicans are.

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I read that some bloody fool of a Republican is arguing that life begins at erection.

Suggesting I assume that women cannot refuse to have sex.

No. I think this is basically an anti-masturbation law directed at men.

😄😄.

My mind has been wondering since I posted that remark. I also wonder about wet dreams etc etc etc.

The men are all doomed😊

What idiots some republicans are.

If I'm not mistaken, the senator is a Democrat (according to NEWSWEEK).

Senator Bradford Blackmon told NEWSWEEK that

...the bill is meant to point out the double standards in legislation.

"When a bill has been filed that would regulate what a man is able to do with his own body in his own home, it suddenly has people in an uproar," Blackmon told Newsweek. "I am trying to figure out when it is okay for the government to dictate what you do in the privacy of your own home."

"Apparently, it is when the laws regulate men."

"The reactions from some quarters relating to my bill indicate that men are not held to the same standard when it comes to the intrusion into their personal private affairs as women have been held to with the reversal of Roe v. Wade," Blackmon told Newsweek."

If NEWSWEEK is right - it paints a completely different picture, doesn't it?

Dickens as my post and the article I posted upthread says, yes, it's a Democrat who put it forward - the confusion is that it would be a Republican who would have to bring it into law.

Can't see it myself!

The bill, introduced Monday, would impose fines of $1,000 for a first offense, $5,000 for a second offense and $10,000 for any subsequent offenses.

The bill is unlikely to pass the GOP-led Legislature, but if it does and is signed into law by Gov. Tate Reeves, a Republican, it would go into effect in July.

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Dickens as my post and the article I posted upthread says, yes, it's a Democrat who put it forward - the confusion is that it would be a Republican who would have to bring it into law.

Can't see it myself!

Can't see it myself!

Well, the mind does boggle somewhat!

OK, anyway, sorry - I should've realised that the bill would, naturally have to be brought in by a Republican, which again, puts another slant on the whole fiasco, also, I should've RTFT!

I believe this, what I might call, 'Republican alpha-male misogyny-lite' is a slow-creep thing. I think Mr Musk is on board with it, too - he highlighted a post recently on 'X' where the poster appears to subscribe to government by alpha-males.

The theory suggests that the only people able to think freely are ‘high [testostrone] sic alpha males’ and ‘aneurotypical sic people’. These "high status males" could apparently be the decision-makers, and it would appear, that "low T men" and women would not be welcome in this new Republic (aneurotypical is not actually a word - but we get the drift).

Musk didn't actually make this comment (the poster was anonymous (as many are on 4chan) be he promoted it by reposting it to his followers and commented that he found it "interesting".

... just another day in the new-town development of Giliadshire...

yes on a thread about men raping nine year olds it is the republicans that are the issue.

Willow: masses of things are illegal in the UK, including FGM, under age sex, murder and a myriad of other crimes. What is acceptable in one culture is not acceptable in another but noone knows what goes on behind closed doors. How should it be stopped?

I thought this thread was about nine year olds being allowed to marry. In Iraq! Nothing to do with America.

It's Wyllow and not quite sure what you are asking. Abuse of children and women in the UK in homes across all cultures is only stopped when victims come forward and there are people and a system who support them