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Afghan wife-starving law passes

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An Afghan bill allowing a husband to starve his wife if she refuses to have sex has been published in the official gazette and become law.

The original bill caused outrage earlier this year, forcing Afghan President Hamid Karzai to withdraw it.

But critics say the amended version of the law remains highly repressive.

They accuse Mr Karzai of selling out Afghan women for the sake of conservative Shia support at next week's presidential election.

The law governs family life for Afghanistan's Shia minority.

Sexual demands

The original version obliged Shia women to have sex with their husbands every four days at a minimum, and it effectively condoned rape by removing the need for consent to sex within marriage.

The original bill caused outrage within Afghanistan and around the world
Western leaders and Afghan women's groups were united in condemning an apparent reversal of key freedoms won by women after the fall of the Taliban.

Now an amended version of the same bill has passed quietly into law with the apparent approval of President Karzai.

Just ahead of this Thursday's Afghan presidential election, human rights groups suggest the timing is no accident.

"There was a review process - Karzai came under huge pressure from all over the world to amend this law, but many of the most oppressive laws remain," Rachel Reid, the Human Rights Watch representative in Kabul, told the BBC.

"What matters more to Karzai is the support of fundamentalists and hardliners here in Afghanistan whose support he thinks he needs in the elections."

Women's groups say its new wording still violates the principle of equality that is enshrined in their constitution.

It allows a man to withhold food from his wife if she refuses his sexual demands; a woman must get her husband's permission to work; and fathers and grandfathers are given exclusive custody of children
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8204207.stm



So much for human rights...
 
OH WTF.
I've heard about legal rape but this is ridiculous!
 
*Sigh* This is just a setback for human rights again.
Though it's just as bad as gay-marriage bans, or slavery in limited forms, or Free Speech in almost any country.

Total Douche Moment: Now then, who thinks that we should start incorporating elements of international law? Anyone, anyone?
 
Makes me appreciate living where I do more. Jeez. That's so wrong.
 
This is disgusting. Im all for allowing countries to have their own unique cultures, but this isnt a cultural issue. Its human rights, and this is just wrong.
 
You've got to be kidding me..........to think something like this would happen.
 
*finds one more reason not to move to Afghanistan*
Pfft. Love. Give me sex or you will starve! Because, y'know, that makes sense. >_<
 
If a man can't get it up, does that mean he gets starved, too?
 
Hmm, very interesting indeed! They must have a desperate need for more workers.

I wouldn't want to be a woman for the sole reason of being considered inferior (no offense intended; I'm referring to this case).
 
I feel so sorry for muslim women. I saw a little girl cover her face because a little boy(who seemed like her friend) took off his shirt, and the little girl seemed like she wasn't allowed to look at the boy. I seriously felt bad that the religion taught her that. :/

And I was at a water park, which is why the little boy took off his shirt.
 
Another sexist bullcrap law, great. I feel so sorry for those women. :(
 
Females should NOT be treated in this way, there are some good female chefs out there.
 
Uh... are they idiots? -_- Thank Arceus I don't live there!
 
AshTheManKetchum said:
Thank God that we live in the USA. Sick fucks
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I can imagine that there are some men here who would enjoy this particular law. This isn't a problem with a particular religion or country. It's a problem of a male philosophy that they're better than females. You can find that anywhere.
 
The original version obliged Shia women to have sex with their husbands every four days at a minimum, and it effectively condoned rape by removing the need for consent to sex within marriage.
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Rallers said:
It's the woman's fault! Again! Starve her!
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Rishi said:
Females should NOT be treated in this way, there are some good female chefs out there.
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All Quoted for truth.

I'm joking.

This is disgusting, can women vote in Afghanistan, if so they should all vote against this Karzai bloke, i think its terrible whats happened here, it doesn't seem real.
 
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