Libs Now Claiming Climate Change Fuels Domestic Abuse

Climate Change is possible accused Being “inherently racist” “sexist.” It It has been blamed congenital heart defects. It Another grave category of misdeed is now being alleged.

According To an op-ed published in the Washington PostIf a man is brutalizing a woman in a poor country, his victim might attribute her aggressor’s malice and cruelty to climate change.

The trio of authors advancing this notion — Geoffrey Ondieki, Disha Shetty, Aie Balagtas See — tend to write about human rights, environmental, and women’s issues.

In They article co-published Tuesday By the Post The Fuller ProjectTheir interests converged, leading to the suggestion “the threat of violence could become more common as climate change makes extreme weather events more intense and frequent.”

Terry McGovern, chair of Population Family Health department at Columbia UniversityThen, he told the Post, “Heat waves, floods, climate-induced disasters increase sexual harassment, mental and physical abuse, femicide, reduce economic and educational opportunity and increase the risk of trafficking due to forced migration.”

McGovern acknowledged that there are still some gaps in the data.

Nitya RaoProfessor of gender at the University Of East Anglia, suggested that the “climate discourse is all about the numbers, but the evidence on violence and changes in power dynamics cannot be captured that way, and so it is not given the same weight.”

With The article’s authors claimed that there was no evidence to support their claims. They cited an indirect link between bad weather, domestic violence, and climate change in an intergovernmental panel of the U.N. recent report.

The U.N. Report

“Climate increases conflict risk by undermining food and water security,” According to the U.N. report, this may eventually lead to an increase in “violence against women, girls and vulnerable groups.”

This Claim was accompanied by a concession “The influence of climate is small compared to socioeconomic, political and cultural factors.”

Although Although not as influential as proven causes for violence, the report stated that it was “limited evidence, high agreement” In some cases, where women are not found to have completed their tasks, fetching water in countries that are less affected by droughts or other natural phenomena could be linked to domestic violence. “daily water-related domestic tasks.”

While It is possible that temperature increases may be linked to increased conflict risk “in certain settings,” This claim was accompanied by a caution. “medium agreement, low evidence.”

One The 2020 study cited by the report showed that there was “no significant correlation between annual homicide rate and annual temperature for New York City,” For example, “linkages between temperature and crime have been reported for Canada.”

The However, the panel agreed with them “medium evidence,” That “during and after extreme weather events, women, girls and LGBTQI people are at increased risk of domestic violence, harassment, sexual violence and trafficking.”

The term “climate change” This claim was notablelly absent, where instead “weather” It was used.

Culpability: A who? or a what?

Like Gun control activists who minimize human agency and assign blame to others are gun control advocates inanimate objects Bad behavior is often linked to bad weather.

The Post article cites the tale of a Kenyan woman named Pilot LenaigwanaiThe abusive husband drove her from her home.

Lenaigwanai’s “husband was abusive even before the drought that’s now ravaging Kenya’s arid north.”

It It is not clear if Lenaigwanai I would have still fled to the Umoja If the weather had been more favorable, refuge might have been possible. However, it is evident from the article that the drought wasn’t what made her husband abusive.

Rommel Lopez, a spokesperson from a local social services department in the PhilippinesAccording to some studies, bad weather can worsen preexisting frustrations.

“When there’s a calamity or disaster or conflict, that can put families in difficulties. The situation at evacuation centers is a contributing factor,” Lopez. “It makes them agitated. It adds to their frustration. When someone is frustrated, they could reach a certain point and that could trigger [violence].”

Shilpi Singh, who assists women in India’s The poorest state had no illusions as to what, other than cruel men and cultural norms that captivate their victims. “It comes down to economic distress. … The men vent out their frustration by beating the women, who are raised with the belief that leaving is not an option.”

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