Jump to content
Sign in to follow this  

Half The Sky

Recommended Posts

I watched a disturbing and eye opening documentary this morning on channel 4-Half the sky/the oppression of women. It documented the travasities upon women in other countries. The most jarring was concerning genital cutting in Somalia. They said they perform this procedure on girls ages 8 and up to keep them in "control". Their clitoris is completely cut off and their labia then sewn so there is just a small hole to allow urine to pass and this is done without pain meds and with thorns as needles.They tie their legs so they won't move while doing it and afterwards they have to lie still in that same room for a week to heal. They are not fed so they will not deficate only pee a bit to allow better healing!

The other eye opener were the brothels in India when girls as young as 8 and 9 are forced into prostitution and made to see 20-30 men daily. They said India's brothels are the most brutal, women are killed for not performing or if they resist the brothel owners.

When we are having a bad day or thinking I wish I or we had this or that these are the people and things we need to think of to know how lucky we really are to be Canadian and have what we have.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

We are definitely very lucky to live in Canada. Women, or as you say small girls are treated so horribly in other parts of the world. Like to be female is to be a lesser being :(

  • Like 1

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, please sign in.
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Sign in to follow this  

×
×
  • Create New...