Reply #23: Suttee has been mostly eradicated. I am FULLY aware of the heinous bride-murders-by-kerosene

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in India, by husband and often mother-in-law.

What I am also aware of is how too many people will EXCUSE Islam by pointing to other, non-Islamic examples.

As a 60-year-old woman, I have lived a life conscious of misogyny. I am of the opinion that both the West and the Middle East are brothers under the skin, to wit: one area wants to control and degrade its females by encouraging a lack of clothing; the other by imposing excessive covering. Fundamentalists in both regions wish to deny women reproductive rights, the granting of which has been proven to advance human rights in general.
I am aware that the most dangerous place for an American woman is her work-place, because of being tracked down by a violent man.

I accept as truth what Gaven deBecker has written: Men go through life wishing not to be humiliated. Women go through life wishing not to be killed.

But one expects not to need such a wish when thinking of ONE'S BLOOD RELATIVES, A DISTINCTION YOU ARE OBSTINATELY REFUSING TO SEE.