Thailand: Thai media points to a violent society among the worst in the world

[webfact]

Thailand: Thai media points to a violent society among the worst in the world

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

In an analysis of the state of Thai society when it comes to domestic and other violence a Thai media report has presented a damning assessment. 

 

Such a report will only confirm what many believe is that Thai society has a veneer of caring but in reality contains a dark and violent underbelly.

 

Manager reported that Thai parents are routinely assaulting their children to control them. Many parents cite "love" as an excuse for violence.

 

Violence by men against their wives in domestic settings is widespread.

 

Violence is both underreported and under-prosecuted. 

 

Drugs and alcohol only add to the damning situation. 

 

In schools and the workplace violence is also on the rise.

 

Manager was reporting its assessment of where Thailand is right now as the world marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women yesterday. 

 

Since June 1999 the Thai government has designated November as a month to focus on violence against children and women. 

 

They said that the UN ranks Thailand in the top ten in the world for male violence against children and women.

 

Around a third of cases are psychological abuse. Only 17% of cases are reported indicating that what is reported is just the tip of a very violent society - especially in the home. 

 

In 2019 there were 1,376 cases of domestic violence of which only 354 were prosecuted. 

 

More than half were committed by men against close family members. 

 

Now there are seven reported cases a day mostly against 5-20 year olds. Close family members are attacked and sexually assaulted.

 

Manager said that stories frequently in the news showed that Thai parents were attacking their children. And these were only stories that made the news. In reality there are a lot more.

 

Violence at work and in educational institutions was also widespread.

 

Violence was becoming more and more of an issue as more cases were reported due to the prevalence of social media.

 

One thing that can't be denied, they said, was that parents were attacking their children. Many parents see themselves as "owners" of their children. This is a highly dangerous attitude.

 

Parents claim that they hit their children out of "love" to bring them into line. They claim it is not a bad thing to discipline in this way.

 

But it creates a vicious cycle and one that propagates violence from one generation to the next.

 

It is increasingly of concern that parents cannot control their temper. Shouting soon turns to throwing things and then to using objects to attack family members. Only when their temper has subsided might they see the error of their ways.

 

Many bring problems at work home with them and take it out on their children. 

 

Drugs and alcohol only makes the situation worse, changing some calm people into violent aggressors.

 

Domestic violence was outlawed in laws introduced in 1993 and some progress has been made in various institutions and groups set up to address the problem. 

 

But the Manager article was clear - Thailand faces big challenges to lessen both domestic violence and violence in general especially that committed by Thai men against women and children.  

 

Source: Manager Online

 

 

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[Dmaxdan]

Too many fragile egos, especially within the male population.  

[tracker1]

Main problem is the Thai mentality !

[Surelynot]

OMG....aren't these people destroying, trashing Thailands image....just like that poor student, denigrated by all and sundry for daring to spell out a few home truths related to sexual abuse in schools?

 

Thailand is a long way from being able to confront so many things......they are stuck in the equivalent of an 19th century UK.

[Flying Saucage]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

They said that the UN ranks Thailand in the top ten in the world for male violence against children and women.

 

Thailand, the land of fake smiles. 

 

Pareena, after suing the student who protested against raping her last Monday, for damaging Thailand's image, how about suing the UN now for tarnishing Thailand's image, and for defamation? C'mon, give it a try!

[Natai Beach]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

They said that the UN ranks Thailand in the top ten in the world for male violence against children and women.

I doubt it.

Throw in New Guinea, some Middle East countries and Africa. 

Thailand top ten? Nah.

[AlfHuy]

That's when you don't want to loose face.

Always a smile or a fake smile.

Never express any anger or unhappiness.

 

Once the lid blows, get out of their way.

Same for Thai women. When they get mad, run for your life????

[4evermaat]

1 hour ago, Flying Saucage said:

Pareena, after suing the student who protested against raping her last Monday, for damaging Thailand's image.....

 

Anyone have a link for this article?

Edited November 26, 2020 by 4evermaat

[Chelseafan]

Since June 1999 the Thai government has designated November as a month to focus on violence against children and women. 

 

Perhaps it would be better to designate Jan-Dec...

 

[Lacessit]

Men who assault women are not men.

[TheFreqFlyer]

1 hour ago, Natai Beach said:

I doubt it.

Throw in New Guinea, some Middle East countries and Africa. 

Thailand top ten? Nah.

I agree. 

 

If Thailand was as violent as is claimed, surely I'd know about it by now.

 

And sure, there are parents who take it out on their children behind closed doors. That happens. But as you say, the countries you've mentioned are far more violent than Thailand. Which is one reason I couldn't live in the Middle East. The culture is totally uncompromising and in many ways quite "violent". Especially in their attitudes towards women, non-Muslims, westerners etc. 

[Mr Meeseeks]

Annoyed anon posters on internet forum > UN study ????

[mickymouse1]

Yes, ALCOHOL is one of the main contributing factors to Domestic violence and not smoking.

[cvs04]

They could start by banning all these awful soap operas they watch here!

[fxe1200]

3 minutes ago, cvs04 said:

They could start by banning all these awful soap operas they watch here!

That would be the first important step.

[Ventenio]

I'm dumb....let me start by admitting this.  OK, I'll continue...

 

met  a lady who lived with her "divorced" husband, who supposedly lived on the 2nd floor and she lived with her kid and grandmother on the first floor.  but she was sexy....we talked for months.  then met, and then.........

 

he would get mad, but never hurt her.  threaten her a lot, but not hurt.  but I don't know the truth.  he cheated on her first.  yea, great household for the kids

 

after a few months I left and she keeps telling me he will let her go to come with me...lol

 

so i have to tell her I'm in another city and I must leave the country......lol

 

but I just think there was likely a 20% chance he caught her going or at my place....and well, yea, i might know a few policemen but they aren't going to show up on time.

 

i knew the history of violence, but i played with fire.  

[hansnl]

4 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

Too many fragile egos, especially within the male population.  

I will definitely not rule out the often pathetic behaviour of women mostly taking an example from the bad soaps where violence is a staple.

[RichardColeman]

I guess if they cut the violet , gun and knife totting, abusive SOAPs from the tv schedule the holes would be too big to be filled

[Golden Triangle]

I always thought that real life mimiced the soaps, now I realise that the soaps portray real life.

 

The soaps should be banned IMHO, people of low IQ think that this is the way to behave in real life, a bit along the lines of violent video games influencing impressionable youngsters.

 

 

[Jimbo2014]

Sounds like 2020 is bringing many hard wakeup calls to Thailand.  Hope they can confront these problems.

[Cake Monster]

Having resided in Thailand now for some 15 Years, I would say this report is not too far off the mark concerning all the Physical and mental Violence, specially directed at Children.

15 Years ago there were few reports on Thai Media about Child abuse, now , it has become an almost Daily routine to be told of the Violence, Sexual Attacks and all the other horrendous Crimes against the Children.

Much of this happens in Schools, and the dreaded Booze has nothing to do with instigating the Violence. Schools should be places where Kids should be safe, not terrified to walk through the Gates every Morning.

This report should make the Government thoroughly ashamed, but this is Thailand, and they will neither be ashamed, or do anything constructive to stop this.

[rkidlad]

When I turn on my tv, it sometimes goes to cable tv because my missus was watching it before. And 9 out of 10 times, it’s some ridiculous soap opera where people are screaming at each other and physically attacking others. The screaming of the males in these shows really grates on me. 
 

If you were new here and someone told you to watch the soap operas to get an idea of Thai culture, you’d think it was a society full of drama, violence and sex crimes. 

[sammieuk1]

Where is someone to say..  Thailand "praised" when it comes to domestic and other violence ????

[CapeTown]

Breaking the cycle starts at school. A reformed education system with educated teachers.

[ronaldo0]

Pretty much the same since I arrived over ten year ago . Only thing is the driving has got worse and faster accidents , but otherwise everything else seems same crime wise ! Wild Wild West but in the east ! ????

[GinBoy2]

56 minutes ago, rkidlad said:

When I turn on my tv, it sometimes goes to cable tv because my missus was watching it before. And 9 out of 10 times, it’s some ridiculous soap opera where people are screaming at each other and physically attacking others. The screaming of the males in these shows really grates on me. 
 

If you were new here and someone told you to watch the soap operas to get an idea of Thai culture, you’d think it was a society full of drama, violence and sex crimes. 

I'm never quite sure whether Thai Lakorns are reflecting reality or vice versa.

 

I have no real clue where Thailand sits in a global index of domestic violence, but it's pretty high for sure.

 

Misogamy, and a sense of male dominance is not unique to Thailand. But I think for most developed societies, and I don't just mean the West, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, Japan, that conversation is on going.

 

My dear wife is a coconut having grown up in the US, so has a slightly different perspective to most of her fellow citizens.

 

I have an awful memory of a friend of hers coming to our house, black and blue after her 'loving'  husband beat the <deleted> out of her, for not making him dinner when he got home.

 

Now of course this is not unique to Thailand, but of course as my wife is telling her to get the hell outta dodge, she's professing, 'But he loves me really'.

 

You need to have sea change in how a country deals with it. I pity the poor woman who tries to go to the RTP to file a claim domestic abuse, I would guarantee that just means more abuse!

[overt2016]

As a surrogate father to my Thai so, i would like to place some Thai women

as the biggest instigators of violence to children.

Before you shout and scream at me, hear me out.

nearly 30 years ago my then Thai partner were left with her brother's son to care for.

All seemed OK for a few years as she took reasonable care of him, taking to the child health clinics as required 

After he started to attend school she began to mentally and physically abuse him for any minor error in his school work.

As I was working days and evenings [and he was threatened with more abuse if he told me] I was unaware of the extent of the abuse.

If she abused him while I was home I told her in no uncertain manner never to do it again.

to cut a long story short, I needed to return to my home country frequently and obviously leave him in her care. I financially provided for them while i was away.

Cut to the present and given the facts by my son I got him away from her and have taken complete care of him much to his daily delight. 

Sorry for such a long winded reply , but i understand that all Thai women are not like this , but when they are they can be bloody mean.

 

 

[Surelynot]

5 hours ago, 4evermaat said:

 

Anyone have a link for this article?

It was covered in the BP

[katatonic]

5 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Men who assault women are not men.

In the first year I was here I witnessed several women stab or attempt to stab men. Does that make them not women?

[Artisi]

3 hours ago, hansnl said:

I will definitely not rule out the often pathetic behaviour of women mostly taking an example from the bad soaps where violence is a staple.

I think bad soaps are really a reflection of Thai life behind the smiles, probably over empathised but a reflection and certainly only add to the problem.