I'm on the train going home and I'm reading this article about a law that allows Shiite Muslim men in Afghanistan can refuse food and money to their wives if they deny them sex.Before this gets moved to P&R..your thoughts..typing on the train sux BTW

They probably had that right all along. We are still there why? If we're not going to emancipate those women, we need to just leave.

To expand the problem even further.


Why should women be in a position to rely on men for money and food---that's the real problem.

how mean

well women are always using their putty cat to get us to do stuff we don't won't to do...i say Touché

sinisterpentatonic said:

sammij said:

come on, tell me you haven't used yours to manipulate a situation.

sinisterpentatonic said:

No, I haven't, and I don't think this is a topic to joke about.

as long as the women are allowed to have jobs, that's fair.
my ability to survive should not be reliant on the status of my coochie.

BklynBabe said:

We're talking Afganistan here, not North America.

I know....that's why it's fucked up!

what happened to the law that absolved husbands of marital rape?

SavonOsco said:

And Christian groups can sucessfully lobby for laws prohibiting same-sex marriage, if there is no true separation of church and state.

Same thing really.

Religion.

Imago said:

sadly women in some middle eastern countries actually need a male's permission in order to work, which not all men approve of.

Imago said:

that is how they can have power over their women though Dan by denying them the right to education and autonomy.

GirlBrother said:

There is separation of church and state in Afghanistan?

ZombieKitten said:

exactly.
But news outlets are only doing half their job when they focus on ridiculous stories like this. This is really part of a much larger form of subjugation of women.

I want to throw up every time I see Saudi Arabia being mentioned as our "allie" by one of our politicians.

sinisterpentatonic said:

Imago said:

ah OK
yes, exactly

I ain't touchin this

are there still any societies with matriarchal rule? I wonder what kind of problems arise there?

ufoclub said:

I am a product of such a rule...
They get old, they die

Now there are only me and my babies.
No princes, so the cycle may begin again.

ZombieKitten said:

It's no biggie!
It's just that I see a lot of news now about what this or that person did wrong. Or how this or that person robbed this or that liquor store.
And I believe that some people are more prone to crime, but when it's a big problem, this reflects on society to me as much as it does the individual.

I'm starting to really hate the news now--one, because what they report isn't always honest. But two, because they never actually get to the bottom of any story.

I think I'm just cranky today

Imago said:

if the media went into detail it would be a 2 hour documentary not a 1 minute news story, it's assumed people don't have that kind of attention span, just long enough to absorb the most sensational or shocking headlines they can think of to get ratings

ZombieKitten said:

I agree. I think this is why I listen to independent media for news now.

Imago said:

am radio they will talk about a topic all day long!!!

ZombieKitten said:

yes!
And when some of the conspiracy theorists jump in on a call-in show, I lose it

Imago said:

I didn't know those fancy beetles even come with am radio any more

I'd bet they feel like prostitutes right about now.

angel345 said:

To be honest, I think that would be the last thing they're thinking of.
They're being denied sustainability (because they can ONLY get that from men, sadly) because they deny these men sex.

How the fuck is that fair?