I cannot believe an article like this would use the language “girls falling pregnant”. Nobody falls pregnant.
Pre-teen pregnancies are rising in the Philippines – critics blame the Catholic Church
Submitted 8 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to globalnews@lemmy.zip
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PaddleMaster@beehaw.org 8 months ago
sadreality@kbin.social 7 months ago
The real question is who is having sex the girls... Boys or adult men...
This fact is glossed over so I am assuming adult men, which is characteristic for insular religious communities.
So we need some rope and get the wood chipper going.
PaddleMaster@beehaw.org 7 months ago
Probably both. From my limited understanding the country is so poor, sex tourism of girls (and probably boys) has become normalized.
awwwyissss@lemm.ee 8 months ago
And usually the Telegraph is such a pinnacle of good journalism 🤔
Unquote0270@programming.dev 8 months ago
They would never victim blame…
Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
“Girls raped pregnant”
“Girls lacking sexual education becomes pregnant”
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 8 months ago
If the Catholic Church only had 100 000 members, it would be called a dangerous cult, with politicians calling for its ban.
Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The obsessively pro-life religion that also strongly shames people, while also not really caring for them either unless they contribute to the cause?
BakedGoods@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
All religions are just pedo cults.
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It’s absolutely the Catholic Church. The country is incredibly Catholic. They often don’t use any form of birth control nor even tampons as it’s looked down upon. Overpopulated too
CaptainProton@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Something tells me PRE-teen pregnancies are a bigger problem than whoever’s having sex with kids under-13 not using birth control.
GlitterInfection@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Unless it’s pre-teens having sex with each other. Then sex education, birth control and access to reproductive rights is the issue to solve.
0110010001100010@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Fuck, I read that wrong. Pre-teen would be 12 or younger right? What the actual fuck?
Diplomjodler@feddit.de 8 months ago
They’re the same people that oppose sex education and birth control
awwwyissss@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Almost everywhere is overpopulated.
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Have you been to the Philippines though? I met a guy who has 19 siblings