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My first is that, given the level of pent-up rage many women have over how their lives are constrained by the patriarchy...I can see that leading to enough anger for some to be perfectly willing to stone a man under the right circumstances...though not necessarily over "honor". I know I'm just about angry enough over this incident.
My second thought is that this is how the patriarchy effects men. And they need to see that. It turns them into the kind of people who would stone a women to death over the thought that she might have sex with *gasp* someone of her own choosing. Men need to see that. I think a lot of good men don't want to believe they are capable of this sort of thing and if we can just get across to them that it's not some sort of weird psychological aberation on the part of the men who do this stuff...that the violence and anger toward women is endemic to the system, that making men hate women this much, enough to kill them, even if they're your sister or neighbor or someone you care about, is the whole point...maybe they'll stand with us and start trying to make a difference.
But I'm not holding my breath.
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