AFRO-NETS> Wife-beating in Zambia a 'natural consequence'

[A.Odutola.chpss_abo@yahoo.com]

Wife-beating in Zambia a 'natural consequence'
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About 80% of Zambian wives find it acceptable to be beaten by 
their husbands "as a form of chastisement", according to the lat-
est Zambia Demographic Health Survey.
 
Out of 5,029 women interviewed countrywide, 79% said they should 
be beaten if they went out without their husband's permission. 
Sixty-one percent said a beating was acceptable if they denied 
their husband's sex, while 45% said a beating was in order if they 
cooked "bad" food.
 
See source for full details: 
Mail & Guardian (South Africa. December 3, 2003.
http://africa.oneworld.net/external/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mg.co.za%2FContent%2Fl3.asp%3Fao%3D24385
 
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In the light of a recent and similar report from Zimbabwe,
"Zimbabwean women believe wife-beating is OK"
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Datelinehealth-Nigeria/message/366
it is fair to ask: Do women across Africa really accept and enjoy 
being beaten by their husbands or are they merely entrapped vic-
tims of anachronistic cultures?
 
A. Odutola
mailto:chpss_abo@yahoo.com

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