Pierre Musa
Bio
I write in both English and German.
Stories (2/0)
Battling Elder Abuse in Hong Kong
Elder abuse is a pervasive and often underreported problem globally. Hong Kong is no exception to this trend. In the past 20 years, report numbers have consistently fallen between 300 and 600 cases annually. However, studies on elder abuse in Hong Kong consistently suggest that the prevalence of elder abuse is much higher; with up to 27.5% of study participants recounting some form of mistreatment, suggesting high dark figures. This is particularly worrying given Hong Kong's aging population: As of 2021, almost one fifth of the Hong Kong population was aged 65 or above. Despite this demographic trend, and very similarly to most modern societies, elder abuse rarely receives widespread public attention in Hong Kong. The low report rates of the abuse as well as recent developments in abuse patterns stress the importance for Hong Kong citizens to remain vigilant and to engage in a bigger conversation around elder abuse.
By Pierre Musaabout a year ago in Criminal
Don't speak up now.
It' time again. The cozy kids awake from their deep slumber and get into fight mode. Someone had poked them with a stick. When I say cozy kids, I refer people like those I went to school with. Upper middle-class white, academically educated, able-bodied, mostly catholic, cis-het kids that enjoyed safety, warmth and food growing up. Whoever ticks all the boxes arguably has it quite cozy. Cozy enough to make it easy for them to understand this worlds brutality, its injustices and pain as far-away issues that do not relate to them. Maybe, for some, even cozy enough to understand themselves, however unconsciously, as superior to others.
By Pierre Musa2 years ago in Pride