I am a heavily tech-influenced person, and much of my work revolves around engineering, coding, and data-driven insights. Yet, my first blog is not about computer science. It’s about humanity.
Recently I was conducting an audition as the president of my university’s Debating Society. A girl came with a script titled something like “Humans or Monsters.” I believe in using statistical information, and she reminded the room about men committing rapes and wars, which is, of course, true.
But as a judge, I was waiting to see whether she would balance the concept instead of making it gender-biased, because the topic was humans, not men. I feel like she left out important points, or even worse, world sees the issue as if only men are at fault. Yes, men do commit many of these crimes; I agree with that. But there are also women who commit serious wrongs.
Statistically:
- Total deaths in war in recorded history over the last 45 years are few million.
-Roughly 108 million women aged 15–49 worldwide have experienced non-partner sexual violence at some point in their lives.
- You could even say nearly 130 million total war-related deaths across all human history.
But there is something even more tragic — something that is ignored but shouldn’t be. I’m not defending men; I’m acknowledging another crime against humanity:
Abortions.
In the last 45 years alone, there have been 1.3 billion recorded abortions, around 73 million abortians annually. This isn’t killing in war or in conflict, this is killing innocents before they even open their eyes. It’s tragic. It’s brutal. And we can’t ignore it. Many liberal and feminist women support this practice, and tens of millions of “human children” in the womb are lost every single year.
If we stick to the topic, both men and women commit terrible acts. But the real point is about humanity. My society represents the voices of youth and conscience, and I represent them. I somehow represent humanity itself. I cannot stay silent about a crime this large, especially when the perpetrators often do not even realize the moral weight of their actions.
Even 108 million rapes and 130 million war-related deaths over recent decades pale in comparison to the estimated 1.3 billion abortions worldwide over the same period. This is not about men or women; it is about humanity losing its sense of moral responsibility. Many societal movements and norms have normalized acts that should be treated as serious ethical and legal issues, and as a society, we often fail to recognize the gravity of these actions.
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