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You might be even more shocked if you leave first-world countries. Human brutality runs deep, and you can still find it displayed openly on the majority of Ear

by trevyn 8y ago

You might be even more shocked if you leave first-world countries. Human brutality runs deep, and you can still find it displayed openly on the majority of Earth’s land mass.

ddebernardy 8y ago
A number of developing countries ban all forms of corporal punishments on children. Swaths of Latin America does so, as do a few African and Asian countries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_corporal_punishment_laws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_corporal_punishment_laws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_corporal_punishment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_corporal_punishment
- trevyn 8y ago
  All developing countries have ineffective enforcement of laws, as well — that’s one of the defining criteria.
  - moreira 8y ago
    I think there's a significant difference between the practice being banned but there being "ineffective enforcement of laws", and being somewhere where it's still allowed and seen as perfectly acceptable.
jakobegger 8y ago
The US is the only country that has not signed the UN convention on childrens rights. Even developing countries ban corporeal punishment. The US is the outlier.
- ThrowawayR2 8y ago
  > The US is the only country that has not signed the UN convention on childrens rights. I looked it up on Wikipedia; seems like a lot of nations don't consider it to forbid child corporal punishment. ("The Committee's interpretation of this section to encompass a prohibition on corporal punishment has been rejected by several state parties to the Convention, including Australia,[14] Canada and the United Kingdom.") > Even developing countries ban corporeal punishment. Most countries seem to forbid corporal punishment in schools, with varying levels of enforcement, but many do not forbid parental corporal punishment; China is one example, http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1083321.shtml http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1083321.shtml.

by trevyn 8y ago

You might be even more shocked if you leave first-world countries. Human brutality runs deep, and you can still find it displayed openly on the majority of Earth’s land mass.

ddebernardy 8y ago

A number of developing countries ban all forms of corporal punishments on children. Swaths of Latin America does so, as do a few African and Asian countries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_corporal_punishment_laws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_corporal_punishment_laws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_corporal_punishment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_corporal_punishment

trevyn 8y ago
All developing countries have ineffective enforcement of laws, as well — that’s one of the defining criteria.
- moreira 8y ago
  I think there's a significant difference between the practice being banned but there being "ineffective enforcement of laws", and being somewhere where it's still allowed and seen as perfectly acceptable.

jakobegger 8y ago

The US is the only country that has not signed the UN convention on childrens rights. Even developing countries ban corporeal punishment. The US is the outlier.

ThrowawayR2 8y ago
> The US is the only country that has not signed the UN convention on childrens rights. I looked it up on Wikipedia; seems like a lot of nations don't consider it to forbid child corporal punishment. ("The Committee's interpretation of this section to encompass a prohibition on corporal punishment has been rejected by several state parties to the Convention, including Australia,[14] Canada and the United Kingdom.") > Even developing countries ban corporeal punishment. Most countries seem to forbid corporal punishment in schools, with varying levels of enforcement, but many do not forbid parental corporal punishment; China is one example, http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1083321.shtml http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1083321.shtml.