*1. If marriage before the age of 16 is illegal according to the Afghan Constitution why does the Afghanistan government not convict the men that marry these girls, beat them, and even kill them?
2.Husbands are not the sole abusers in families: mother-in-laws were identified as the main abuser by almost a quarter of the women in Afghanistan. Knowing what the women in a forced marriage have to go through why would another women take part in the abuse?
3. Many people believe that majority of the men that inflict abuse on the Afghan women are part of the Taliban, many are just ordinary men. If their is no force behind them to force them to do these acts why do they continue to do so?
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Monday, November 22, 2010
Tentative Research Proposal
1. What you're interested in researching and why?
I'm interesting in researching and learning about the women in Afghanistan and the horrors that they are faced to deal with in their marriages. These women are married off at such young ages and are forced to serve their husbands and the husbands family while enduring abuse from them. Even though the marriages are cultural should they still continue to do them since they cause the women to be placed in a physical dangerous state? They are afraid to ask for help and tell the flaws in their marriages because they do not want to humiliate themselves or their families.
2. Links to articles
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/08/world/asia/08burn.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2
TIMES article (sorry I don't have the article to cite it)
3. Are these marriages based off of their religion as well as their culture?
Why is the government not getting involved in these homicides and the drastic increase in suicides?
I'm interesting in researching and learning about the women in Afghanistan and the horrors that they are faced to deal with in their marriages. These women are married off at such young ages and are forced to serve their husbands and the husbands family while enduring abuse from them. Even though the marriages are cultural should they still continue to do them since they cause the women to be placed in a physical dangerous state? They are afraid to ask for help and tell the flaws in their marriages because they do not want to humiliate themselves or their families.
2. Links to articles
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/08/world/asia/08burn.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2
TIMES article (sorry I don't have the article to cite it)
3. Are these marriages based off of their religion as well as their culture?
Why is the government not getting involved in these homicides and the drastic increase in suicides?
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