For once I'm watching the telly and I'm sort of wishing I hadn't. I'm upset and angry whilst watching dispatches on C4, how women are being treated in Afghanistan; after western politicians state they are no longer being treated like shit.
I was shocked at seeing a girl my age, severely burnt after she tried to commit suicide because her mother-in-law repeatedly beat her, and her husband wouldn't stop it. A girl spoke of her father being upset by her studying at home. Do they not want them to have aspirations? Or are they scared they will become too intelligent for them to handle? Another woman was battered by her husband because she became a local heroine and studied in secret.
I cannot fathom any of this behaviour because I live in a country which hands me education and equality on a plate.; granted this was due to the hard work of may women in the past, but I have this.
The program did end on a better note when they left the cities and went to a remote village. There the school was mixed sex and taught in sign language. At least some men in the society are not fearful of women receiving an education and treat them with respect.
I was shocked at seeing a girl my age, severely burnt after she tried to commit suicide because her mother-in-law repeatedly beat her, and her husband wouldn't stop it. A girl spoke of her father being upset by her studying at home. Do they not want them to have aspirations? Or are they scared they will become too intelligent for them to handle? Another woman was battered by her husband because she became a local heroine and studied in secret.
I cannot fathom any of this behaviour because I live in a country which hands me education and equality on a plate.; granted this was due to the hard work of may women in the past, but I have this.
The program did end on a better note when they left the cities and went to a remote village. There the school was mixed sex and taught in sign language. At least some men in the society are not fearful of women receiving an education and treat them with respect.
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the_new_scum:
Well i could just do what I normally do. Relax and read some comicbooks and play videogames. Part of me thinks I should do something just because its not often I get 3 days off in a row. No idea what, though
the_new_scum:
Annoyingly I can't really do much on the spur of the moment because of where I live. There's fuck all around here that's really worth doing, so I'd have to plan out in advance anything I wanted to do - especially since I'm not overly confident driving on roads I don't know well. I'll just have to see what happens I think. Not knowing is sorta half the fun - im kinda excited just to see what I end up doing