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I don’t think that’s a hugely surprising find. A couple of those south east Asia countries really rival the Middle East in how stuck in the Middle Ages they are with regard to women’s (let alone LGBTQ) rights.
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I don’t think that’s a hugely surprising find. A couple of those south east Asia countries really rival the Middle East in how stuck in the Middle Ages they are with regard to women’s (let alone LGBTQ) rights.
Agreed. Brunei in particular is really just a Middle Eastern country cosplaying as a SEA country.