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In reply to the discussion: Pakistan woman stoned to death by family for marrying man she loved [View all]ancianita
(43,303 posts)men kill women with impunity when they think they can justify it. Which means that the women acting with any semblance of free will are subject to brutally losing their lives. At the hands of so-called family men. Whom their societies do not then punish.
In civilized patriarchal societies there is usually secular law and order that prevents such human rights abuse. In those societies, the majority of the world, such killing is a crime.
Because it's done in 26 countries out of 57 that are Islamic states should be no consolation to anyone interested in human rights. Believer systems that claim the right to end half their population's life with impunity do not create nations to honor within the community of civilized nations.
And these are just the countries that report:
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