“A few reasons for violence against women.”

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http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2008/03/26/obstinate-groggy-nagging-quarrelsome-stingy-and-arguing-afghan-women-to-blame-when-their-husbands-beat-them-black-and-blue/


“Obstinate, Groggy, Nagging, Quarrelsome, Stingy And Arguing” Afghan Women To Blame When Their Husbands “Beat Them Black And Blue”


“A recent editorial in the government-owned Kabul Times offered a stark reminder of the widespread acceptance of violence against women in Afghanistan. The editorial, which ran four days after International Women’s Day on March 8, was titled “A few reasons for violence against women.”

“We always condemn men who beat their wives or sisters … but overlook what some women do to invoke men’s ire. To begin with, there are numerous obstinate, groggy, nagging, quarrelsome, stingy and arguing women in this country who disturb the peace in their families. When they get charged they go on and on till they provoke their husbands to beat them black and blue.”

The apparent justification of violence against women was written by Abdul Haq, the English-language newspaper’s editor-in-chief. The acting editor, S. Ghiassi, told Al Jazeera that Haq could not comment on the issue because he was ill and hospitalised.”

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“A Unifem study, based on a primary database of violence covering 21 districts over a year-and-a-half during which 1,011 cases were registered, found that most of the cases of violence were a result of forced marriages.

The report also stated that the incidence of forced marriages is as high as 70 to 80 per cent, while 57 per cent of marriages are estimated to be before the legal age of 16.”

“Afghanistan also suffers one of the world’s highest maternal mortality rates - one woman dies every 29 minutes during child birth - and a female literacy rate that stands at 15.8 per cent, nearly half that of men.”
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I hate the neo cons

may Abdul Haq and the woman beaters rot from within

[annabanana]

1. Git it? They was ASKIN' for it. . . .. n/t

[knitter4democracy]

2. The only thing that gives me any hope is that women are still fighting.

We're still nagging, still fighting for ourselves and our rights, and still speaking up and demanding to be heard. It's the only thing that gives me any hope of equality.

[Solly Mack]

3. I suppose that is "success" as well

BUsh Inc would say - at least they are discussing it

You know, like how - healthy - it is for America's demockracy to "debate" whether or not to torture

[midnight]

4. This sounds like the excuse Black Water uses to abuse

american Women, and the justification our courts use to allow it. "Obstinate, Groggy, Nagging, Quarrelsome, Stingy And Arguing” Afghan Women To Blame When Their Husbands “Beat Them Black And Blue”

[Deep13]

5. Domestic violence is caused by burned pot roast, apparently.

:banghead:

[Donnachaidh]

6. Domestic violence can happen for any reason

One woman I know was beaten up by her husband because she hadn't ironed his boxer shorts correctly. To make matters worse, and to highlight the arrogance of the husband, he tried to use the SAME excuse (in a list of complaints) to have his marriage annulled by the Catholic Church. Evidently he had found another woman who had the skills to press his underwear to his liking. :sarcasm:

[bumblebee1]

7. Press his underwear???

The arrogant sob deserves to have his underwear starched. Hopefully, the Catholic Church wasn't foolish enough to fall for that excuse of an annulment. I hope this other woman is not foolish enough to marry this ass.

[Donnachaidh]

9. they didn't give him the annullment

My heart bleeds for his sorry ass. :sarcasm:

But the other woman actually married him. We were all stunned, especially as my friend had kept the physical abuse quiet until her hubbie decided he was going to have her marriage annulled so he could marry another good Catholic. Then we all closed ranks and helped her fight back.

[Deep13]

12. Well, the reason is probably really just an excuse to vent his anger...

...by beating up someone who can't fight back. It is hard to imagine a worse betrayal of trust than a violent crime against a loved one.

[notadmblnd]

8. This struck me as funny: Haq could not comment on the issue because he was ill and hospitalised.”

Not funny haha, but funny in an ironic way. I was thiking that hopefully his wife put him there after she saw the article.

[Iris]

10. well, she probably does all the cooking....

[kestrel91316]

11. Yeah. I found myself wondering if he had perhaps been poisoned....

[Lilith Velkor]

13. Or took a cooking pot upside the head.

[Ellen Forradalom]

14. I was hoping she'd given him a dose of his own medicine.

See how HE likes it.