Discrimination - unfair treatment, action based on prejudice.
http://www.globalissues.org/article/166/womens-rights#Genderdiscriminationthroughoutalifetime
I don't get how men - educated or not, old or young, religious or not, can convince themselves that women are less important human beings than they are. To allow this to continue, anywhere, is to be complicit in it. Not implementing legislation which outlaws it is also to be complicit.
No religion does or should promote discrimination & the men who chose to try to interpret their holy books to actively support their abhorrent views should not be allowed to continue. It is a crime to discriminate mentally, physically or financially against women's freedom to be equal to men anywhere & in any sphere.
So how does the world community act in places like Egypt & Afghanistan where women are routinely abused and treated as second class or worse? These countries & others like them are ruled by men, who are quite often religious zealots, for their own ends. The world community of male dominated, political, leaders is impotent. They bicker & procrastinate or actively block positive legislation or action.
Women tend to conciliate & aim for consensus. You can't reach consensus with dogmatic, self serving views. Women have a right to be angry about physical and mental abuse. They not only have a right to show their feelings, women who are not discriminated against have a duty to protect those who are. In this age of super highway communications, women everywhere should become a force to be reckoned with to stamp out outrages like genital mutilation, stoning & sex trafficking.
We have the power in our hands - we should use it and not let thousands more women suffer.
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