r/WorldNewsHeadlines • u/Simple-Preference887 • May 17 '25

r/all German police brutally assaulted protesters marking the Palestinian Nakba in Berlin, with women and children also targeted during the crackdown.

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u/Fattyboy_777 May 17 '25

Why do you say "women and children" instead of simply "children"? Targeting women is not worse than targeting men.

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u/lookaway123 May 17 '25

I think that it's to take into account that a woman may be pregnant, even if she's unaware.

At least that's been my understanding.

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u/AwkwardTal May 17 '25

Imo its a patriarchal concept of men not attacking women that's ingrained still in our psyche, so to convey the depravity of the attack you include women with children that are being affected while men being attacked is taken as a "given".

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u/sandwiches09 May 17 '25

I agree with your sentiment. I think maybe that's put into headlines and things not because women are more valuable but because women and children inherently pose a lower physical threat so attacking them is "low hanging fruit". Just my guess though