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Re: In Stuttgart, where we lived,
That was my point exactly. And we, as a people, accept that as being "normal" for them. Do we even consider "them" as human as us to accept such a view?
posted by
auslander
on December 3, 2007 at 12:49 AM
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In Stuttgart, where we lived,
and later in the Schwarzwald, I saw many many Turkish women walking around in their black Burqas, behind their presumabaly dictatorial (or should that be written DICK-tatorial, according to you?) husbands. Some women claim to prefer this lifestyle. But many, I am sure, are sad, oppressed women imprisoned by circumstance of culture. I've seen them walking behind their men, burdened with all the groceries. I've seen them riding in the back seat, behind their husbands, in an otherwise empty car. I saw an enshrouded wife shoveling the snow off their driveway while the husband watched on from the driver's seat of their warm, running auto. The memory, two years old, now, still makes me ill.
I've befriended some of these ladies, meek, unassuming, soft-spoken women. One was pregnant, and one afternoon an ambulance showed up at their house, just across the street from us. I later found out that she had miscarried, but she was vague about the circumstances. It had taken her months to recover, and I had to wonder if her husband had beat her. When I told her I was returning to the US, she burst into tears. I think of her now and again, and wonder how she is...
These are women who, in their culture, are put to death for wedding outside of their religion, for adultery, for disobeying dear hubby. Can you even imagine the tyranny, and the sense of horror and fear one must live with...??? Talk about being regarded as no more than an object, just a thing to serve, to fuck, to bear children, and to not entertain a single original thought except at the whim of the husband.
posted by
SilverMoon7
on December 2, 2007 at 4:34 PM
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