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6. What does Sofia mean when she says, "A girl child ain't safe in a family of men?" Give examples from text. (21)
What does Sofia mean when she says, "A girl child ain't safe in a family of men?" Give examples from text. (21)
What does Sofia mean when she says, "A girl child ain't safe in a family of men?" Give examples from text. (21)
She means that the girl child will either end up beaten or raped.
To be more specific. Child sexual abuse and violence have been around for a long time. As horrific as that sounds, it is often the dirty little secret of a family. Little children are forced to keep the secret of the contact or risk breaking up their household home, lose the protection and love of a family, and sometimes their own life or the life of someone that they love and trust. And then they get the misunderstanding that it is all somehow their fault. The resulting acting out and addiction remedy pursued by many leads to multigenerational dysfunction. Here are some statistics from:
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