Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 09:46:41 -0700 From: David Stevens <phylstevens-AT-worldnet.att.net> Subject: Re: M-FEM: A Polish tidbit Tammy West quoted Afghanistan's rulers: > > "... Women working in the medical sector should not > sit in the seat next to the driver during transportation." When those thugs implement their "maximum programme," there won't be women working in the medical sector, or working socially, or working anywhere outside of the home in the forced seclusion of purdah. Renate reminds us that these are the "freedom fighters" funded by the bipartisan US ruling apparatus. The village priests and mullahs are "free" to enforce purdah and the bridal price. The word "veil" in English connotes a dainty white lace bridal veil, quite unlike the heavy black chador. By right of geography and physical climate, Afghanistan ought to be the perfect place for a tuberculosis sanitarium. Instead, even before the Soviet intervention its rate of tuberculosis *among women* was the highest in the world. Even when it is less sensational that the execution of a Saudi royal princess, purdah is murder. - David Stevens
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