Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Maori girls suffer 'horrific' rate of abuse.

A survey, based on a World Health Organisation study that asked the same question in 10 developing countries found that,

Maori girls suffer roughly twice as much sexual abuse as European girls - 30.5 per cent of Maori compared with 17 per cent of Europeans in Auckland, and 35.1 per cent of Maori compared with 20.7 per cent of Europeans in the northern Waikato.

And this probably still grossly under estimates the rate of occurrence for our tangata whenua.
Probably something to do with 'way of life.'

But really, is the PC dogma in New Zealand such that this sort of information only gains publicity through international studies ... most who work closely with famillies will be familiar with this phenomenon, and will have been so for a long time.
But what of Maori boys, does gender somehow exclude them from this?
And are Maori males always the perpetrators of this?
Could it be said that sexual impulsivity, with all the variations with which this can manifest, is culturally entrenched?
Is there really no gender bias in this sexual behaviour?
And is it true that the palangi peadophiles (and homosexuals, when homosexuality was not an acceptable expression of one's sexuality) would orientate toward polynesian whanau because in their midst such sexual proclivity could be pursued invisibly?

Ahh ... so many questions.

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