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[–] xuxebiko@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

India is where cows are valued, and where the rape of girls & women has been normalised.

[–] Swim@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Much better to be a cow than a woman in India.

[–] cnnrduncan@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Eh a decent number of those holy Indian cows end up as exported leather...

[–] Swim@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That is reasuring in the bleakest of ways... I bet they even go for a pretty penny too, given their birthright... The birthright of a cow vs the Caste system and the Dalit people.. Very sad indeed.

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

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/fresno-becomes-second-us-city-ban-caste-discrimination-rcna117940