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In reply to the discussion: Indian sisters to be raped as 'punishment' for brother eloping [View all]Syzygy321
(583 posts)21. The thinking is: "you shamed me by touching
(eloping with) our female property; now we will shame you by raping your female property."
The female property has no rights and isn't quite considered human. The girls are objects - vessels that transmit shame. The point is to shame and disgrace the boy's family, I think.
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Who would do the singling? Europeans who live on top of the genocide their forefathers committed,
jtuck004
Aug 2015
#11
Maybe you can get some insight by asking similar questions about some US stories. Here's a case
struggle4progress
Aug 2015
#16
I'm not excusing it at all; nor am I ridiculing India. Lynch law in the US persisted
struggle4progress
Aug 2015
#19
Why did you post that with a 2009 date, so that a casual observer would think it happened then?
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#20
We've still got backwards people in this country. It they could get away with it, fundy churches
trillion
Aug 2015
#57
Parade the members of the village council through the streets naked....
Spitfire of ATJ
Aug 2015
#12
They transfer the punishment for a brain addled tradition on someone else who did nothing! WTF? n/t
freshwest
Aug 2015
#13
These actions are the terrorists Hillary is referring, she has been along time advocate for violence
Thinkingabout
Aug 2015
#26
Heinous atrocity that something should be punished severely if it is carried out. Don't they do
lonestarnot
Aug 2015
#30
And the all out assault on women continues. Hasn't 5000 years or so been long enough, Ladies?
Dont call me Shirley
Aug 2015
#36
It's not all, even many, Coventina, who are misery-creating jerks. Most of us are good. That
Dont call me Shirley
Aug 2015
#61
Actually the rightwing are. Open your eyes, the issue with EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
trillion
Aug 2015
#59