Egyptian women protest proposed law allowing a husband to have sex w/dead wife within 6 hrs of death

[Tx4obama]

Egypt’s National Council for Women (NCW) has appealed to the Islamist-dominated parliament not to approve two controversial laws on the minimum age of marriage and allowing a husband to have sex with his dead wife within six hours of her death according to a report in an Egyptian newspaper.

The appeal came in a message sent by Dr. Mervat al-Talawi, head of the NCW, to the Egyptian People’s Assembly Speaker, Dr. Saad al-Katatni, addressing the woes of Egyptian women, especially after the popular uprising that toppled president Hosni Mubarak in February 2011.

She was referring to two laws: one that would legalize the marriage of girls starting from the age of 14 and the other that permits a husband to have sex with his dead wife within the six hours following her death.

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http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/04/25/210198.html

[Mojorabbit]

1. Who even thinks of something like that.? Sex with a corpse?

Is it a common thing that it needs to be put into law? I hope they can stop these men.

[CrispyQ]

2. We truly are nothing but vessels to these sick assholes.

[MrSlayer]

3. Why? She won't mind.

Dead girls don't say no.

But seriously, the 14 year old thing is troubling because those marriages are usually forced. The necrophilia thing, while relatively harmless, is sick. Why would you want to do such a thing? Is that something that commonly happens there? Is it a tradition? A ritual?

Weird.

[Cleita]

4. I would call it the desecration of a corpse.

Apparently, since there has been a law against it up until now, it's probably controversial there too. Although the notion is certainly sick.

[libodem]

5. That's cold

[Gormy Cuss]

6. ...

Punny.

[Gormy Cuss]

7. It sounds like Talawi was using this sensational law as a platform for discussing women's rights

According to Egyptian columnist Amro Abdul Samea in al-Ahram, Talawi’s message included an appeal to parliament to avoid the controversial legislations that rid women of their rights of getting education and employment, under alleged religious interpretations.

“Talawi tried to underline in her message that marginalizing and undermining the status of women in future development plans would undoubtedly negatively affect the country’s human development, simply because women represent half the population,” Abdul Samea said in his article.

IOW, the sex-with-corpses law is only an example of the wide scale assault on women's rights in Egypt.

[libodem]

8. Really unthinkable

I can't go there. Who would want to do that? Ewwwwww.

[kdmorris]

9. Is that something at the top of the list for husbands?

OMG my wife is dead... QUICK, must have sex with her?

But 14 is much too young to marry.

[loli phabay]

10. the corpse thing i dont know what to say, the marraige thing im for individual cases