it's against their religion for girls to be taught anything (except open your legs, or fix my food)
http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/060104/w010488.htmlSuspected Taliban kill Afghan teacher in front of family; school taught girls
Militants broke into the home of a headmaster of a school in central Afghanistan that educates girls and beheaded him while forcing his family to watch, the latest in a spate of alleged Taliban attacks that have forced many schools to close, officials said Wednesday.
The insurgents claim that educating girls is against Islam and they even oppose government-funded schools for boys because the schools teach subjects besides religion.
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"Only the Taliban are against girls being educated," he said. "The Taliban often attack our teachers and beat them. But this is the first time one has been killed in this province."
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the she Cheney wants to do this to "liberal" professors
some Baptist groups in the south won't allow the women to look at their own naked body. (those poor Baptist women need a dose of the Vagina Monologues DVD)