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Taliban ban windows to stop women being seen inside homes
(www.newsweek.com)
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I REALLY want to find an arab woman who's lived under taliban rule, but also speaks english. I really want to ask her a hypothetical question.
I live in America. I see naked women quite frequently. I live in a society where I've literally gone in public, and seen women wearing a thong bikini, basically made of dental floss, and no top.
The logic of the taliban is that women cannot reveal their bodies to men, or it will FORCE the men to abuse and rape the women. I have frequently been in the presense of naked and near naked women. I am a man. I have never beat or raped a woman.
So I want to ask a woman who's had experience first hand living with the taliban.
People in Afghanistan aren't Arabs; they're Afghans. They notably don't speak Arabic.
:O
My mistake. I legit thought they did.
Soooooooo, what do they speak?
from a quick glance at Wikipedia, the official languages are Dari and Pashto, spoken by 75% and 48% of the population respectively, but many other languages are also spoken
Arabic is only spoken by 1% of the Afghani population, which is less than English (6%)
To be clear, Dari and Pashto are considerably less prevalent than Arabic's global native speaker estimate you listed. Per Wikipedia, even:
Dari: ~31 million speakers worldwide (~0.38%), and the native tongue for ~50% of Afghanistan
Pashto: ~40 million speakers worldwide (~0.24%), and the native tongue for ~48% of Afghanistan
And, technically, the native speaker stat on a global scale for Arabic is closer to 3% (~310 million = ~4.61%), with English is nearer 4.61% (373 million). Technically. 🤓
Pretty sure they're talking about the Afghani population here
I included those stats as well. 🙇🏽♂️
The 1% Arabic and 6% English weren't global speakers but Afghani speakers.
They speak 7 different languages since they are separate groups and the country was drawn by foreign superpowers at the time. So not shaped by a common ethnicity or shared idea like other countries.
That is a creepy-ass thing to ask any woman. WTF dude? They're probably safer with the Taliban.
No need to burst into outrage over details while burring the lede. Why is this so common around here? Yes, the question can be phrased more sensibly but that's not important and it's largely inconsequential to their point. Jfc. lol
What do you mean burying the lede?? His entire creepy post was about asking Afghani women if they would rather live under the taliban or naked in his house.
What kind of a sicko wants to ask that?
I believe the intent was, "Don't you find it odd that I've never beaten or raped a woman, if it is ostensibly inevitable?" Or "How do you explain that I've never..."
But it'd make more sense to ask a misogynistic Afghani man. E.g. "Wouldn't you rather your wife live naked in my home?"
If your goal is to appear less misogynistic - maybe don't concentrate so much on naked women living in your house?
Goddamn.
NGL, you read like you're doom-gripping your shaft while you type.
eg. "If your goOooOoal is to appearrr less misAHgynistic-c-c — maybe ^ohygod DON'T concentrate unh. yeah so much on naked WIM'n living in your house?!"
^Goddamn.
No they are not. What do you think happens behind closed doors/windows?
With a sicko who wants you to live naked in his house? Nothing good.