Posted by:
Tevai
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Date: September 09, 2018 02:38AM
I love this story!
Papua New Guinea has always fascinated me (beginning with the languages spoken: officially, 832 distinct languages, making it the "most linguistically diverse country on earth").
There are distinct tribal peoples there, living in relatively "close quarters" vis-Ă -vis each other, who are the best living indicators we have to give us insight into the evolution of our species.
I have read a comparative lot about PNG, and the accounts are always fascinating (even if, simultaneously, disturbingly scary, and gut-deep nauseating). There are videos on YouTube which really do get across the potential dangers which do occur, and might happen anyone going there (such as unexpected road hijackings, with significant violence often involved to whoever is an "outsider," regardless of race, in that area of the island).
I know the rape rate is extremely high (which is, at least potentially, not only important to females--but maybe, as well, to not-quite-yet-wise males who happen by).
I have for a long time wondered how "ordinary people" go about their ordinary lives in Port Moresby (the capital city). How do you get to work, go grocery shopping, and do all the other ordinary stuff of daily life when you are in what amounts to the violence and rape capital of the world? (Seventy percent of PNG females will be raped during their lifetimes, gang rape numbers are high, and BOTH genders are victims of rape--which is likely connected in some way to male coming-of-age traditions, which frequently involve forced sexual activities with those who have long before become adult men.)
From my perspective, and compared to Papua New Guinea, South Africa seems almost as safe as standard-issue American suburbia.
Thank you very, very much for your first-person account of your PNG experience!
I am sorry for the piss but hey, you made it out unraped, uninjured, and ALIVE, and this is wonderful!
:D
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 09/09/2018 03:00AM by Tevai.