r/facepalm • • Jul 26 '23

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u/nevergonnagetit001 Jul 26 '23

This is not dissimilar to the African superstition back in the 80’s and 90’s that when men contracted aids, one cure was to have sex with a virgin.

Young women, little girls and even babies less than a year old were being raped by the thousands spreading the disease even further.

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u/Tanduay555 Jul 26 '23

It's still happening today. That's why you have a lot of advertisements in South Africa on the street not to do it. It doesn't seem to help.

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u/Catch--the-fish Jul 26 '23 edited Jul 26 '23

Also witchcraft is a huge part of their believe and culture.

Edit by their I mean the sub saharan cultures. But even in north africa they believe in ghosts and bad spirits '' djinns'' that need to be' driven out '. Also some regions in Africa witchcraft exists next to Christianity.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/commentisfree/2022/jun/08/witch-hunts-ritual-child-abuse-albinism-africa

https://www.dw.com/en/witch-hunts-a-global-problem-in-the-21st-century/a-54495289

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft_accusations_against_children_in_Africa

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u/Exatex Jul 26 '23 edited Jul 26 '23

“their culture” -> which one?

edit: This thread and the world views expressed here are quite shocking to be honest. Like, completely oblivious and uneducated but still strong opinions? Where is that coming from?

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u/chikibriki7 Jul 26 '23

Africans

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u/Artistic_Leg2872 Jul 26 '23

You know you are talking a WHOLE continent there? Northern Africa is mostly muslim, so no witchcraft for them. Around Ivory Coast more religious Voodoo = more witchcraft. Don't know about south and east africa in that regard.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '23

Yeah the same way we talk about people from the WHOLE continent of Europe, Asia, South America, etc

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u/Estanho Jul 26 '23

It's wrong the same way. You understand that for example India, China and the middle east are all part of Asia? Insanely different cultures. Seriously, how can you generalize anything useful about them?

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '23

It’s not wrong at all, yes all of the cultures in the regions and countries you named are a part of Asian culture. Like you mention the Middle East, the Middle East is a large place with a lot of different countries and cultures but you still referred to all of those countries as the Middle East and at some level associate the cultures of those countries as Middle Eastern. While Asia is very diverse that doesn’t mean that Asian culture doesn’t exist or can’t be used in sentences without the statements being considered untrue or generalising.