Originally posted on Feminist Conversations on Caribbean Life:
Vile and Oblivious Politicians Support State Violence Against Children At least three recent stories in Caribbean media have highlighted the systemic rape of boys and girls in state care and the horror houses known as children’s homes. Getting raped while literally under the care and protection of…
Posted in April 2014 …
Take Back the Tech, Don’t Take it Away
Originally posted on Feminist Conversations on Caribbean Life:
Here’s a video clip in which a Trini mom explains that after observing changes in her nine year-old son’s behaviour she became worried that something was wrong. On attending a PTA meeting she heard teacher express concern about boys performing oral sex on each other at school. She…
No Laughing Matter: Stories of rape and sexual assault in Caribbean media this week
Originally posted on Feminist Conversations on Caribbean Life:
Laughing at boys who are raped The Jamaica Observer recently subjected readers to the most crass and reprehensible of cartoons which pokes fun at the rape of boys in institutionalized care. Yes, they invited readers to laugh at the fact that boys were being raped. A UN…
