We Are Aware » mathialee http://www.we-are-aware.sg A community site in Singapore Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:41:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Singapore’s Invisible Abused Women http://www.we-are-aware.sg/2009/05/10/singapore%e2%80%99s-invisible-abused-women/ http://www.we-are-aware.sg/2009/05/10/singapore%e2%80%99s-invisible-abused-women/#comments Sun, 10 May 2009 01:49:27 +0000 admin http://new.we-are-aware.sg/?p=502 The following extract is from the blog post Singapore’s Invisible Abused Women by Mathia Lee. Mathia is a passionate and prolific writer. Visit her blog Plans and Preoccupations

I’ve heard it been said more than a few times. Women in Singapore have it good, maybe even better than men, what are they whining about for? What do you need AWARE for?

Fact:

  • Out of 3 pregnancies, 2 babies are born, 1 is aborted
  • ¾ of women aborting babies are MARRIED — 1/3 are homemakers
  • ½ of 10,000 STI cases per year – patients are between 20 – 30yrs, 1/3 – between 30-40yrs old, 5% amongst teens
  • PAVe found in 2003 that out of 2,200 secondary and junior college students polled, 15 to 30 per cent had encountered family or dating violence.

A lot of women actually know if their husbands are fooling around outside and know if they are at risk for STIs (sexually transmitted infections). Doing something about it is something else altogether.

Two things you can do to protect yourself from STIs if your partner is straying (and in many cases, with paid-sex). You can abstain from sex with him, or you can use a condom. Both of these actions lead to conflict. In many cases, these conflicts are violent and abusive, if not physically, definitely emotionally and mentally so.

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