Society continues to suffer due to repressive customs all over the world. The elders who are the custodian of the customary law in which most times when applied are against the development of a woman. For instance in some African cultures a woman was not allowed to own chicken and cows.Though human beings are born equal with equal rights and dignity, and the principles of universality, inalienability; indivisibility; interdependence and interrelation, the pains and the unfathomable sufferings in societies continue in total disregard to these instruments and blatant disrespect to the rule of law by the same states who are signatories to these instruments.Ghastly cultural practices (such as sexual cleansing and widow inheritance, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), political exclusion and sometimes extermination of political opponents, gender inequalities, being denied of a nationality, unequal distribution of resources and in some cases obvious human rights violations coming from family members, people, institutions, governments which should be protecting its own citizens continue to happen. The Bleeding Society highlights the various sufferings and human rights violations that societies go through in the various parts of the world. It goes deep into analyzing different aspects of human rights violations that otherwise would have been avoided. The book is assumed to further the goal of a just and equitable society.Women and girls in this present era continue to undergo cultural practices that demean their existence, children continue to experience sufferings that should have otherwise been avoided, and girls continue to be married off to older men enough to be their grandfathers.The Bleeding Society highlights the many sufferings that societies go through in the various parts of the world. It goes deep into analyzing different aspects of human rights violations that otherwise would have been avoided. The book is assumed to further the goal of a just and equitable society.The real life experiences highlighted in this book are a perfect example that life though unfair at times, the clock continues to tick and the responsible institutions charged with the protection of human kind ought to act in haste.