When issues — violence against women, pollution, denialism — surface, Hoffman's writing tends toward diatribe.
But it's hard to find official statistics there regarding complicated issues: violence, rape and trafficking, for instance.
"So Much Pretty," by Cara Hoffman Simonn & Schuster; $25) When issues — violence against women, pollution, denialism — surface, Hoffman's writing tends toward diatribe.
The sensitive nature of some issues – violence against children, for instance, or such harmful traditional practices as female genital mutilation – complicates data collection.
The sickest people of color, he said, have many issues: violence, heart disease, diabetes, obesity and the preceived stigma of homosexuality.
These are cases which speak to large societal issues: violence against women, anti-Muslim bigotry, the call of duty and the price of desertion.
Certain issues — violence against women, denialism — are broached with a heavy hand, but the book's eerily potent conclusion will convince readers that, as Hoffman writes, "the responsibility of every intelligent person is to pay attention to the obvious".
A chapter was devoted to social issues, violence, illnesses, death rates, sexual aspects, and the ability to father or bear children affecting schizophrenics.
Until we start addressing these "domestic issues" violence against women and children will remain relegated to the back of the bus.
