An American Bride in Kabul

http://nypost.com/2013/09/21/my-life-of-hell-in-an-afghan-harem/

This article merely touches on the oppression of women in the middle east, specifically Afghanistan. But in this case an American women meets an Afghan native in the states, marry's him, only to move to Afghanistan with him. It didn't take long until she realized how little (if any) rights women hold in countries like this. Women aren't seen as agents in themselves, but only objects that distract men, therefore they are forced to cover their bodies, and restricted to be seen in most public venues. Phyllis got a taste of this sort of treatment during the 5 months she was held prisoner in Kabul. Before she realized it, she was being manipulated, converted to Islam from Judaism, discriminated again, and segregated from everyone in the outside world, plus being turned against her husband by his own family. For 5 months she only but a few times left the house she was bound to, not to mention her mother-in-law attempting to poison her on the regular and her husband abusing her bot sexually, physically and emotionally. She wasn't allowed to go out in public by herself (not that she wanted to), only to stay in the home with her mother-in-law and other female members of the family. Once she went out on the patio to sun bath, wearing a bikini, and before long she was the talk of the town, and its wasn't a good thing. The complaints of her sun bathing were mainly that she was distracting the local men. We thought America we bad, take a look at how they treat women in the Muslim world. It's like their animal slaves that are only allowed to obey the men of society. They have to cover themselves at all times, showing of the face in public is much like showing your breasts in public in America. Over there, if they don't conform to the patriarchy they are subject to, body dismemberment, cutting off of limbs, death, and much more evil and horrendous torture. I have no doubt that if Phyllis would have stay their much longer, her fighting back against the oppression could have most likely ended in death

We have to remember that the objectification of women isn't morally permissible. This oppression shouldn't be tolerated in any part of the world, as we are all human beings, and we should all fight for the same cause, protecting women.