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Sometimes the response of oh blast it and similar swearing is just completely insufficent commentary on things like legalizing rape done to a woman by her husband. I have to admit, Afghanistan, I didn't expect better of you. Yet I'm still disappointed.
I call on the moderate politicians in Iran and Afghanistan to take a leadership role in protecting womens rights. I'm sure they can't hear me. But I do it anyway.
I have also written to the white house. They might not care to hear me either.
I sigh.
I call on the moderate politicians in Iran and Afghanistan to take a leadership role in protecting womens rights. I'm sure they can't hear me. But I do it anyway.
I have also written to the white house. They might not care to hear me either.
I sigh.
Rape
Legalizing rape by one's husband is just the tip of the iceberg. What about the Afghanistan law which requires the imprisonment of rape victims because they are "adulterers"? What about women (Afghany and Pakistani) who are raped as punishment for crimes committed by their male family members? A lovely form of "seizing assests."
Women in these tribes are chattel. Nothing more or less. It's almost entirely inconceivable to me. Perhaps the discussion should be whether or not reconstruction money should be available to those countries doing nothing to stop human rights violations. Gee.. that would be popular.
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