An Idea Comes of Age (via Agrigirl) August 3, 2010
Posted by nrhatch in People, Sustainable Living.trackback
Throughout the world, women and children are raped and abused by the powers that be.
The cover of TIME magazine this week reveals the inner workings and insanity of the Taliban when women “step out of line” to flee abuse.
Tammy’s article, and the embedded talk at TED by Isabelle Allende, is worth a read and a listen.
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I was just discussing this this very morning, what a crying shame. In this day and age. My heart breaks.
The good news is that she is scheduled to come to America for reconstructive surgery.
The bad news is that THEY are out there.
Man’s inhumanity to man (and woman) saddens me.
grossly misleading cover… it says “What happens if we leave Afghanistan.” Yet, this girl had her nose and ears cut off even though we’ve had troops there for years. Also, what is this “if” business? Shouldn’t it say “when” we leave Afghanistan?
I agree with you Chad. I find that statement misleading and was sad that it uses the shock value of her situation to raise that question. What happened to her has nothing to do with troops.
If it’s this horrific while we’re there . . . what’s going to happen when we leave???
That said, we don’t have the resources to police the whole world.
And, I’m not sure exactly who should be doing the policing – except I do know that there better be more women on the police force – whoever it is!
Essentially, I was saying that we’re not exactly the ideal candidates for being the police force – considering our own egregious failings in that department – is there any group/nation that could be?
I agree with you Paula ~ we need more women in positions of power, policing the world. When you have a few minutes, listen to Isabelle Allende’s talk on Tammy’s blog, it’s excellent.
The pro-war pundits like to talk about the Afghan women, but that’s just “cover.” If they really cared about people they would have called for intervention in Darfur, where honest-to-God genocide happened and the world pretty much just watched.
The world is full of wonders . . . balanced out by horrors that are beyond my ability to fully grasp.
I view most of the “battles” we’ve fought recently as attempts to protect our “self-interest” . . . rather than legitimate efforts to free the world from tyranny.
Nancy,
Excellent post! Thanks for the links.
We women are sometimes afraid of being labelled as feminists and come together with solutions from the heart (not only from the mind).
A group of friends and I began a women’s group to support each other. When some men heard about the group, they said nothing.
One said “Why are you starting a feminist group? Why are you discriminating men? Why men cannot join your group?”
We said the main purpose was to support women and raise some awareness, to help each other; and not a group against men. He was invited to come and join our group if he wanted.
Yes, being in favor of equality for women around the globe does not mean being against men.
It means coming together to eliminate discrimination.