Friday, March 1, 2013

Random sh*t that got my attention

I was surfing the internet, when I came across this rather intriguing article on BBC.com It was about a Maldivian girl who is 15 yrs old, and is to receive 100 lashes for taking part in premarital sex.
Not that I'm in favor of flogging rape victims, but when I dug up some information about the case, it turns out, the girl willingly took part in premarital sex, before being raped and molested by her stepfather. According to the Islamic shariah, fornication is punishable by 100 lashes. I went through some other news articles on this same issue, and found some rather interesting comments. Most of which called the punishment uncivilized, and also called people to stop visiting the Maldives. Ironically, most people who commented can not even afford to visit the nation, no offence.
The above comment made me think about this whole thing. That's when I came about this information about the large number of girls killed in India and China every year. Apparently, Indians and Chinese believe that Male children are more 'important' for the lack of a better word, than Female children. So, every year, thousands of babies are aborted or killed after birth. Their only crime was being a female baby. 
Hutterite women making soap
Just yesterday, I was watching this show on NatGeo called 'Meet the Hutterites', where a group of Anabaptists' were shown. In this colony women are not allowed to do the same work as men, and are punished for wearing "men's" clothing and letting their hair loose. For more information visit Wikipedia.



So my advice to all those people who wish to boycott tourism in Maldives; first get your own problems solved, then talk about living a civilized life!
Aargh!!

Disclaimer:
I do NOT support flogging of rape victims.
I do NOT support infanticide.
I DO support equality for women.

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2 comments:

  1. C.S.March 3, 2013 at 7:58 PM

    I was actually thinking about writing a post about this too! It's been irritating me a whole lot.

    I think too many people are way more interested in what goes on in other people's lives than their own. Why judge us when there is so much shit going on in your own country? And it's not JUST Muslim countries or Asian countries that go through things like this. There was a case in the US a few months back about a girl who was gang raped by football players, and everyone put the blame on her, saying that she was seeking attention, and she was bullied about it.

    Link to that: http://www.toledoblade.com/MarilouJohanek/2013/02/09/Steubenville-rape-case-has-plenty-to-make-a-person-sick.html

    And the US is supposed to me the "model of civilisation" or some bullcrap.

    So thanks for writing this. It looks well researched, and you've managed to get your point across without sounding like a dickhead. I would give you a hug, but since I'm online, so I'll settle for saying I like your new blog theme instead.

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  2. UnknownMarch 5, 2013 at 2:23 PM

    haha thank you,Amani. :D

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