The struggle for equality continues even in developed/Western countries where even relatively well-paid and famous women tend to make less than their male counterparts and have added their testimony to the #MeToo movement.
I suspect that if they were in power, they would justify their actions as being ‘within the limits of Christianity’. I do not think tw04 was blaming Islam - the quotes indicate to me that this is how the Taliban sees it.
Thank you for pointing that out though.
Can you cite examples in good faith? How much power do these organizations have, and what is their support among the local populace?
The Taliban is not Islam.
the reference was uncalled for.
I don't have a lot of patience for people on HN being on their high horse about women's rights issues. This forum can't clean up its own messes, but boy can people here point fingers.
Color me unimpressed. And also uninterested in arguing it further because it never does me any good. It just aggravates the men who don't want to hear that sexism and misogyny are alive and well and most of them are actively part of the problem but want to think they are not. Aggravating the men who like to see themselves as "good guys" inevitably means I get treated worse, not better.
I certainly can't speak for your own situation or whatever you have endured, but my response was to your "Don't blame Islam"...and that is exactly what the Taliban is using to control women in this aspect so your comment doesn't make any sense to me. Women had been making progress in Afghanistan for the last 20 years because of the progress of separating Islam from the law...were they 100% equals of men, obviously not...but hundreds of times better than what they are going to be now.
Maybe you didn't hear me. Let me say it again:
I was homeless for years while racking up karma here left and right. I hit the leaderboard the first time about a month after I got back into housing, mostly because I paid off my student loan not because my income went up a lot.
I remain dirt poor and I'm currently broke and don't expect to eat today.
This is a survival issue for me.
I'm not expecting charity and I don't need much more earned income. But I can't seem to arrange it, no matter what I do.
I could honestly care less about your current situation and how that somehow translates to my comments. I have done nothing to you so lashing out at me and using your situation as an excuse is ridiculous. I could care less if you are a brand new member or someone who hit the leaderboard...
I've deleted that part of my comment.