Beaten up & raped daily – 1
I’m from a quaint little town in Italy where the family culture is well… a little different. Don’t let the title fool you. It’s not a crazy town in some fantasy world where women get fucked in the streets randomly. Everyone lives pretty normally except, the patriarchy rules. Men go to work. Women stay at home. Men watch TV and drink. Women buy groceries, cook dinner, clean the house. Women have all the legal rights everyone in Italy does, but social norms are different. Hitting a woman is a pretty common sight in public. Domestic violence is not frowned upon. A man forcing his wife to have sex against her will is a story of every household – not a hidden secret. A father spanking (and often fingering) his daughter for misbehaving does not necessitate …