While many parts of Islam are straining every sinew to return us to the 7th century, other parts are eagerly embracing the modern world. Divorce is often a tedious and exhausting process, so the innovation of being able to send an SMS saying "I divorce you" three times was a welcome and bold innovation.
However, even that was deemed to be too onerous for some. Now, you don't even have to send it! All you have to do is enter it into your phone, and Bingo! Allah takes care of the rest. That irritating chattel you were tied to is gone and a new, exciting and quite possibly above the age of consent chattel is yours.
I'm sure this convenience is open to women as well, of course...what's that? It isn't? WHAT!!! The International Sisterhood will be all over this, any minute now...tumbleweeds...
On a related note, more work for Feminism from Afghanistan. Western feminists might have a stroke over 'Trophy wives', but these are real, actual trophy wives, chattels stolen from their families and wedded to murderous maniacs. What a shame that the International Sisterhood doesn't give a shit about them, and in fact campaigns to get us out of Afghanistan. You see, the Taleban are no different from us really.
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My dear furrycon, you might be a little more in step with what feminists were actually thinking if you ever deigned to read their blogs.
Not that it's an unvaryingly pleasant experience to do so, but if you are going to bother writing about them you ought to get it right.
Feminists are not pro-Taliban and they certainly aren't spearheading the anti-war stuff. Their main problem is warlords being given CIA viagra, apparently: http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2008/12/27/why-are-these-notoriously-fickle-warlords-smiling/
They flooded Matt Yglesias and Ezra Klein's blog over the matter. Some tried to balance out their position by suggesting that boys could get raped as well. Personally I find their terrifying view of old man stiffies quite peculiar, but they largely don't harbour the views you accuse them of, or at least have not provided the activity.
I must read more feminist blogs. New Year's resolution and all that.
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