Nastystan

TorgoX on 2003-11-29T21:00:19

Dear Log,

«Thousands of young Afghan women have been expelled from school simply because they are married.[...]

A law passed in the mid-70s prohibiting married women from attending high-school classes was upheld in September by President Hamed Karzai's government[...]

Supporters of the legislation argue that the law protects unmarried girls in school from hearing explicit details about sex from their wedded classmates.»

--"Marriage spells the end of learning"


well, it's not all that different

hfb on 2003-11-29T22:39:11

from the fundys in the bible belt who marry off the girls young to serve the men and push out babies as their highest calling in life.