Lesotho women making jeans for Levis and Wrangler forced to have sex with bosses to keep jobs
I found out about this story, and I’m beyond sickened. Here’s the gist of what’s going on. In the Southern African nation of Lesotho (pronounced Les-oo-too for those who’ve never heard of that small kingdom), there’s a textile factory where the workers make jeans for Levi’s Wrangler, and The Children’s Place. The women who work at said factory were forced to engage in sexual acts with the higher-ups with their managers and other higher-ups in order to keep their jobs. Not only that, but a Taiwanese company Nien Hsing Texile was in on this, too.
I keep repeating this, but this bears repeating. WHERE’S #METOO?
This is saddening how so many of these company owners are getting away with taking sexual advantage of all these women. They didn’t deserve this, and I know those monsters wouldn’t dare try this in America or Europe. You know what? I’ll even go one step farther and say they wouldn’t try it in India, Bangladesh, or China. Many of those factories have there own severe issues, but those workers are unlikely to be molested and raped like in the Lesotho factory. I hope these innocent women get justice against these American jean companies and that Taiwanese company.
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Wish I could say I’m shocked…or even surprised.
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I agree that it’s sad. While I didn’t know that Lesotho was involved in the jean industry with these global brands, it is beyond shameful that these atrocities would go on. I really hope those women lawyer up and sue the pants (no pun intended) off their employers and make them face jail time.
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You ask “Where’s #MeToo”? It hasn’t reached the developing world yet, and isn’t likely to in our lifetimes. 😥
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That’s sad, but I can believe it much to my chagrin. I wished this issue would get more attention.
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What I have found, when I tried to shine a light on such issues, is that if it isn’t in plain sight, or doesn’t directly affect people, they really don’t take much interest. Given all that is going on here and in the UK today, I can sort of understand that it takes a backseat, but in truth, it wouldn’t matter if everything were completely stable here … people have a problem finding much empathy for situations they can neither see nor relate to. Sad, but true.
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That makes sense as sad as it is. There’s a part of me that makes me feel like I’m the only person who cares about certain issues.
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No, many of us care, but a larger portion do not, and the “in your face” issues tend to overshadow the others.
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Gotcha. I never implied that you didn’t care, so I’m sorry if my previous comment came off that way. I focus on stories that don’t get talked about here in America.
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No no … I didn’t take it that way at all! No worries, my friend … I knew exactly what you meant. Before Trumpmania hit, I tried to do some of what you’re trying to do on my blog, but I was always disappointed, for it seemed that people just didn’t care. And then, along came Trump and we had enough problems here to keep me busy, so I largely let the rest go. Keep up the good work!!!
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Okay. I wanted to be sure. It’s good how you talked about those stories. I’ve felt the same way with some of the stories I’ve commented on over here. I don’t want to be just a blogger who talks about my music, poetry, my fiction, or my film/documentary/anime reviews. There are issues I care about and I feel the need to post these things regardless if my followers care about it or not. Thank you.
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Y’know … we all have niches, I think. Usually a main niche, and a couple of “sidelines”. For me, the main niche is obviously politics, but I find that on occasion I can also do a bit of humour. If we all wrote the same, it would be a boring world of blogdom, but it is the variety that is so awesome. Do what feels right to you …
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We all certainly do. That’s fine with politics and humor. It would be quite tedious if everyone wrote about the same thing all the time.
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METOO MYASS
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Well said. I keep using the question “Where’s #MeToo?” every time I talk about a sexual assault case on my blog not just as a rhetorical question, but to show the double standards of which cases get featured in the news.
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Such an instructive reminder to know the companies from whom I am investing my money. Where are they putting their plants and are the employment practices being monitored to ensure standards are maintained
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Thanks. I’m glad you care about these issues and become conscious about what you buy or not.
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I am most certainly. Every day from my hair, nails, clothes and food
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That’s awesome. I have done everything I can and I still have to do my best to research things. I can tell you I never bought any Levi’s or Wrangler jeans, so I guess I’m doing something right.
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Awesome
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Thanks!
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It’s not that these issues aren’t known but these master manipulators know the population with whom they are dealing. If they are sufficiently desperate they may keep quiet unfortunately
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I definitely agree. I wished more people would know about these atrocities going on in the world.
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Many do now especially because of social media. Many are not empathetic or simply do not care.
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Of course. Local news becomes global once social media and blogs find it. I do agree that so many just don’t care which is a shame.
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