Authentic Cultural Values
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In this chapter antiviolence ideas emerge about the needed reshaping of basic cultural values are sparked by examples of how Ghanaian activist leaders grappled with local cultural mores in order to create systemic change. A custom of sexual slavery related a traditional religious practice in Ghana sparks reflections on the depiction of sexual slavery in the United States by leaders such as Jimmy Carter. It features conversations with leaders in the wake of their successful struggle to pass a national domestic violence law (2007) as well an exploration of certain cultural factors that impede efforts to outlaw heterosexual marital rape in Ghana and in the United States.