> How is this allowed to happen? I realize no one wants to go out and get
> themselves shot,
> and the women are limited in what they can do to help themselves if they
> aren't allowed
> to leave the house, but are all the men just standing by, feeling that
> it doesn't concern
> them? Don't these goons have mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, etc
> and were these women
> totally unable to communicate anything to them?
>
> If it happened there, why not here or anywhere?
One comment though... as we see in Islamic cultures, the system of
veiling and seclusion does not indicate that the men are just "standing
by" while their women live horrible lives of slavery and such. If their
system of covering themselves and not leaving the homes is cultural (and
is similar to the Islamic system), they are likely socially fine.
Do the women with children in this culture have husbands or do they have
children on their own? If they have husbands, I do not understand why it
is so vital that the women beg or work. Except in comparison to our own
society... then we find it harder to understand.
What was this society like before the militia group came in? Tribal
African, Muslim (lots of Africa has Muslim influences), Christian?
In North Eastern Brazil, where the conditions are horrible and women get
pregnant ~10 times to have ~3 children, a woman said: "Shame is for
those who steal, not for those who have to beg to feed their children".
We have to be careful when looking at other cultures and evaluating them
from our point of view. :o)
-nicole
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