In Afghanistan, have a baby boy calls for celebration, yet having a girl is usually seen as a burden to parents. A women from North-Eastern Afghanistan has been arrested for killing her daughter-in-law for not giving a son, but three daughters consecutively. The killed husband now has fled as he was suspected for helping out for the murder. The officials being told that the mother-in-law tied up her legs while the husband strangled her to death. Neighbors say that she lived in hell, and that her husband was an illegal militia who was armed. The wife also told him to lay low and not to go out with thugs, but he never listened.
With stories like this going around in the news, it pains me to see that having baby boys are more important than females, even to many of the mother's or mother-in-laws's. It pains me even more to see that women die due to not giving a boy as a child. I mean, is this really how a female should be living. So what if you have a girl? If you keep killing people for having females, and if only males were in the society, how were you planning to get more babies? Being a girl is not a bad things, sure it has more complications than men in the bodily functions, or lesser power, but we can come to use in ways that men wouldn't. It is sad to see that men in Afghanistan already don't see women equally, but also that they join forces with their mothers to get rid of them because of no male heir to the family. But I guess for many people, this is something that normal, treating females like dirt.
Vocab:
Militia:
a) He is thought to be a fighter with an illegal armed militia which is believed to have some political support.
b.i) a military force composed of ordinary citizens
ii) originated from Great Britain
c) George, although having no enhanced skill in combat, he was part of the militia in the U.S.
Extortion:
a) They have often been accused of violence against women, robberies and extortion.
b.i) obtaining somethings (mainly money) by force (violence)
ii) Originates from Latin
c) He extorted the money and jewelry out of her and left her hurt and bleeding on the floor.
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Date of Publishing: January 30th 2012
Author of Article: Bilal Sarwary
My mother read me this news article during the vacation too! It's horrible to see how women are still being degraded! These societies should realize that woman can in fact be as much of a help as men in their own way, if not more!
These people deserve worse than Dante's hell. What is wrong with being a woman? NOTHING, I TELL YOU. Women and men are equal and sooner the people realize this, the better. There wer a couple of grammatical errors but those aren't really important. You should have insulted these creatures in your blog. I liked it because I agree with what you have to say.
This is Shivangi, by the way.
This is Shivangi, by the way.
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