Kingsley was fascinated by how the story explores mental health care from half-a-century ago when techniques now viewed as barbaric were commonplace.

VOA: standard.2010.02.27

Jia says today all these items are commonplace.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

And women are three times as likely as men to work in informal economies, and therefore abuse,sex trafficking and the absence of legal rights and protections for women are still unacceptably commonplace in so many places around the world."

VOA: standard.2010.04.28