Miss America/ Miss Afghanistan
Frances Morey
frances_morey@excite.com
Mon, 29 Oct 2001 17:35:01 -0800 (PST)
An Iranian woman who was at Linda Weatherby and Herschel Cunningham's
delightful wedding reception on Sunday night mentioned to me that the burqua
wearing women were having weakened bones because they do not get enough
exposure to the sun to keep up their vitamin D.
Frances
On Sun, 28 Oct 2001 11:42:28 -0600, meadow@austin.rr.com wrote:
> I'm wondering how these sunless women can be healthy enough to bear
healthy
> children...and how they can raise such children with the prohibitions
they
> have.
> d
>
> Wayne Johnson wrote:
>
> > Sad to say, the social "rank" of Afghan women is not too different from
that
> > of women in "Democratic" Greece. Why else do so many of the classic
plays
> > reflect the horrific reaction of males of that period to "acts" of
> > women...like wanting to bury their brothers, not be sold as slaves &
> > chattel, humiliated by their husbands, etc.? It is not so much of a
stretch
> > as you might think.
> >
> > Of course, you have to actually read the plays...Medea, Trojan Women,
> > Iphigenia(s), etc. to discover this. Not likely in the US educational
> > scheme. Probably punishable by death in Afghanistan. No question that
> > these guys are a great leap backward in time and deserving of any death
we
> > can rig up for them. Then, many of our Saudi allies aren't too far up
this
> > particular social scale either.
> >
> > So the Saudis treat their women worse than farm animals, they give us a
good
> > price on their oil! A country's gotta do what a counry's gotta do.
> >
> > (Note: I know Saudi men and women who are NOT pursuaded by these ideas.
> > They all live here naturally.)
> >
> > I am returning to my fashion reflections for awhile.
> >
> > W
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: austin-ghetto-list-admin@pairlist.net
> > [mailto:austin-ghetto-list-admin@pairlist.net]On Behalf Of
> > StepCher@aol.com
> > Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 7:03 AM
> > To: austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
> > Subject: FWD: Miss America/ Miss Afghanistan
> >
> > not fabulous, but makes the point.
> >
> > > >On the left is Katie Harmon, Miss America, wearing the swimsuit
> > > she chose for the competition.
> > > >On the right is a typical Afghan girl, wearing the heavy
> > > smothering burqua as required by the oppressive Taliban regime.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Miss America is a junior at Portland State University, hoping
> > > to eventually get a Master's degree in Bioethics.
> > > >Miss Afghanistan is forbidden from receiving any education at
> > > all, and cannot read or write.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Miss America has worked as a lab assistant at both the Oregon
> > > Health Sciences University and the University of Puget Sound.
> > > >Miss Afghanistan is forbidden from working.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Miss America's father is an engineer. Her mother is a teacher.
> > > >Miss Afghanistan's father was shot by a gang of Taliban
> > > militants. Her mother begs for bread scraps since she cannot work or
> > remarry.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Miss America wowed the judges by singing a Puccini aria, "O Mio
> > > Babbino Caro".
> > > >Miss Afghanistan is forbidden from singing or even listening to
music
> > of
> > > >any kind.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Miss America will be traveling the nation nonstop during her reign.
> > > >Miss Afghanistan cannot leave her house without a male family
> > > member, cannot drive, and cannot be out after dark.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Miss America is an advocate for breast cancer research.
> > > >Miss Afghanistan cannot be treated by a male doctor, and for
> > > all practical purposes has no access to medical treatment of any
kind.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Miss America can date, marry, or divorce anyone she chooses.
> > > >Miss Afghanistan will be stoned to death if caught in the company of
a
> > male
> > > >outside of her family. She is likely to be sold into an arranged
> > marriage
> > > >to a man who already has two wives.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Miss America wears sunscreen on the beach to keep from burning.
> > > >Miss Afghanistan cannot live in a house with windows unless they are
> > > >painted black. Since she must wear a burqua outside, her pale
> > translucent
> > > >skin has not seen a ray of sunlight in years.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Miss America could have been disqualified if her swimsuit did not
meet
> > > >pageant standards.
> > > >Miss Afghanistan can be flogged if the holes in the mesh covering
her
> > face
> > > >are too large.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Miss America will decide how many children, if any, she wants to
have.
> > > >Miss Afghanistan will be pregnant 3-4 times more often than Miss
> > America.
> > > >Unfortunately, her babies are 25 times more likely to die in the
first
> > year.
> > One out of four will not see their 5th birthday.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Miss America is majoring in speech communications at PSU.
> > > >Miss Afghanistan is forbidden from speaking in public.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Miss America is 21. Since the U.S. life expectancy for women is 80,
> > she's still a
> > > very young woman.
> > > >
> > > >Miss Afghanistan is also 21. But since the life expectancy for an
> > Afghan woman
> > is 43, next year she will be "over-the-hill".
> > > >(Besides having a shockingly short life expectancy overall,
> > > Afghanistan is one of the only countries in the world in which women
> > have a
> > > shorter life expectancy than men)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Miss America is a beautiful, intelligent woman and everyone knows
it.
> > > >Miss Afghanistan could be a beautiful, intelligent woman, ... but
> > nobody
> > > >will ever know it.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >God Bless Miss America
> > > >
> > > >God Help Miss Afghanistan.
>
>
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