I'm minoring in gender studies because I thought that they would end up being useful when it comes to my academic career. My master's thesis in psychology was about femicides and the men who committed them. I had hoped that gender studies would give me new insight to the matter or at least some tools to work with. But no, it's just total poop and no help whatsoever.
I'm minoring in gender studies and yesterday I learned that against all the odds I'm living in a barbarian country. I'm taking a course that deals with gender, violence and legislation. In this god forsaken country sexual abuse cases are plaintiff cases. This means that if the victim doesn't want to take the crime into the court nobody (this meaning the police and the prosecutor) is allowed to do anything - such as start a crime inquest. Under this law falls rapes and the sexual abuse of disabled persons, unconscious persons and children. What this means in practice concerning children, the parents can prevent the police and the prosecutor from taking any actions. I nearly choked when I heard this.
