International Women's Day in Afghanistan


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Anonymous Anonymous said...

And we wonder why we have the level of violence on the earth that we do....

"It's well known that TV violence holds an attraction for most viewers and this attraction translates into ratings and profits. Because of this most media executives have been reluctant to admit that media violence is in any way responsible for violence in our society.
If it weren't for the ratings and profits involved, producers would undoubtedly be much more willing to acknowledge the harm in TV and film violence and do something about it.
Instead, we have such things as the American Medical Association finding that shows that in homes with premium cable channels, or a VCR or DVD... '...children typically witness 32,000 murders and 40,000 attempted murders by the time they reach the age of 18.'"

"Because ours is a puritanically-based society and we have problems with depictions of sex, we tend to eroticize violence. For many people this creates an unfortunate, often even unconscious, link between sex and violence." from Sex Research, Censorship, and the Law)

The puritanical roots of our culture, mixed with a steady dose of violence coming at us in high-def, have made sex inseparable from violence. It seems only logical that we can assume that the same is going on under the robes of the islamic fundamentalists. Every time I read about another woman (especially rape victims!) whipped or buried in sand and stoned, I smell extreme patriarchy, barely camouflaged raw sexual sadism. Who designed this religion that justifies and sanctifies sexual sadism? A man. Who benefits? Men. Who enforces the bizarre, blame-the-victim rules? Men.
The patriarchs of this "religion" prescribe sadistic whippings, stonings, and murder as "religious" punishments for male-defined infractions of religious code. If you look at the history of sado-masochism in nazi germany, the reformation, the crusades, the burning times -- they all have one thing in common. They were designed by men to ensure a steady supply of erotic stimulation. These political and/or religious systems were/are cleverly disguised as religion -- physical abuse of the "weak" (women, children, jews , homosexuals -- whoever the dominant male designated as "other"). The root of these systems is sexual sadistic eroticism. No wonder the mullahs wear robes -- the robes disguise the state of arousal enjoyed by the voyeurs and the enforcers.

Yes, I know the following information comes from a "right-wing" web site, but it pretty well sums up what I'm trying to say. Why otherwise would male islamic soldiers voluntarily become suicide bombers if it weren't for the promise of a rewarding afterlife raping virgins???

Begin quote from Islam is to religion as sadism is to humanComparatively, it is imperative to comprehend that a sadistic person is not after sex, he seeks a sick way of dominance and pain over his victims, he wants to be in control of the action. A person being raped, for example, really has no control over the situation, the subject literally being coerced.

Violence, weapons, injury, or torture fascinates a sadistic person just as it fascinates an Islamist. Both enjoy getting their subjects (be it humans or animals) to do what they want them to do by frightening them through a series of intimidation, fear and terror. Both take pleasure in the psychological or physical suffering of others.

This is exactly how the Islamists have been ruling over a peaceful and sophisticated country, Iran, for 30 years. They have completely restricted the activity and independence of the people of Iran. In the cycle of prison horrors and terrors, the Islamic Republic of Iran uses many old Soviet techniques, ranging from harassment, intimidation and tortures, to mechanical devices designed to inflict gross tissue damage. They employ psychological and physiological techniques, (an example is Ziba Kazemi's case, an Iranian-Canadian journalist), such as solitary confinement and sleep deprivation. The Islamic Republic's lackeys are commonly using these techniques on the Iranian youth while the Islamic Republic dreams of world Shi'a domination."

God save me from your followers!

1:26 AM  
Blogger Greenconsciousness said...

Welcome here!!

Whose followers are you talking about?

8:50 AM  
Blogger Greenconsciousness said...

Just got this in the mail this morning from a friend who said she did not want to subscribe but this article looked interesting:


Elevated sexual activity in violent marriages: hypersexuality or sexual extortion?

From: The Journal of Sex Research | Date: September 22, 1997 | 700+ words

The eroticization of violence is a frequent theme in modern film. Imagery linking sexual excitement to control, domination, exploitation, and rape is common not only in pornographic videos but in mainstream movies as well (Cowan, Lee, Levy, & Snyder, 1988; Palys, 1986; Yang & Linz, 1990). The extent to which such imagery mirrors the dynamics of sexual attraction in real life is unclear. On the one hand, researchers have found that sexual attraction and sexual frequency are highest in an atmosphere characterized by strong affective bonds and an absence of conflict (Blumstein & ...

<.01 Both violent, wife not injured .17 1.57><.05 Wife violent, wife not injured -.49 -1.95 .05(b) Wife violent, wife injured -.16 -.45>
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