Real Bravery

Can you honestly tell me if you were a woman in Afghanistan right now - you'd risk your life and take to the streets to protest the new laws legalising marital rape and forcing women to stay in their homes unless they have their husband's permission to leave? That's really brave. The most telling quote (not in the article, in the Indie today) was from Sabrina Saqeb, the female MP who organised the protest, saying "These people are the same as the Taliban. There's no difference."

Rape and Justice

Afghanistan's democracy (remember - the one we were fighting for?) is in the middle of a panic after women's groups around the world noticed they had legalised marital rape.

Now you might be feeling grateful on the back of that to live in a progressive western culture where women have better rights. However meanwhile in the US the horrific story has unfolded of a woman who was raped at gunpoint and went to the police who instead charged her with making a false accusation and jailed her while she was pregnant. Well now the guy who raped her has confessed...

Hat tip Shakesville.