the men are in no way responsible! It's all the fault of that wanton pre-teen in the burqa! And the Prophet did it, anyway. So it's all just fine!
Child marriage and divorce in Yemen
I must admit to a certain difficulty in keeping myself in check when writing about these things. I keep thinking 'If this is what their religion teaches, and this is what the Koran teaches, and this is what their Prophet teaches, then...', well, you know. I hesitate to even finish the sentence for fear of fatwas. A violent, fanatical male dominated world with violent, fanatic males who are absolved of any wrong in social, cultural or personal relations because it's always the fault of the other person, woman, wife, country...
There's not much you can say. Disgust is all you can feel.
Silent Servants...
... of the Used, Abused, and Utterly Screwed Up.
A Secular Franciscan looks at the world...
with a more jaundiced eye than ever...
and lots of ellipses for you to fill in the missing text...
(with thanks to Thomas S. Klise for the title)
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