With the latest proposal by a government official
in Indonesia, things are looking to go from bad to worse. The kind of indecent
and completely scandalous stuff coming out of these ‘developing’ nations is a
far cry and shame to the values and principles they endorse. South Asia and Middle East continues
giving out shockers to the world through a set of shameless and unprincipled
people who call themselves ‘Moral Police’. The Indonesian government official
went a step further though and proposed a ‘Virginity Test’ for girls entering
high school.
Whatever
proposals they giving citing their high moral standards, I believe that no one,
absolutely NO ONE, has the right to decide for someone else in the society when
it comes to matters of personal choice. In that context the Indonesian proposal
is downright frivolous and disgusting. A person has his/her own brains and
should be allowed to decide stuff for themselves. Doing something to clearly
get evidence to defame a person in the society is pathetic.
Even proposing such a thing just be crushed in the Bud. |
This
is a problem with not only developing countries, but in developed countries
like US too. One official suggests this, not one other agrees with him, and
everyone in the world starts bleating
about "barbaric" Muslims, when in the US states have actually
*passed* laws requiring unnecessary yet mandatory trans-vaginal ultrasound
tests for women who seek abortions. How is this not also barbaric? So, in short
the problem isn't localized, it is more of a global thing that plagues us
everywhere.
One
of the most important stuff that is needed to know is that these kinds of
proposals should invite severe action from some law or the other. I say this
because to me personally, it smells of a pedophile in the ranks. Change has to
be adopted and moved forward. Orthodoxy is a Dinosaur, which will eventually
die out. The most important thing is to stop these people from occupying
positions of influence where they love to peek into others’ lives or in Indonesian
official’s case, their bodies.
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More than anything, I felt the photograph of the girl along with the blog really increased the effectiveness of the piece.
ReplyDeleteThese tests are sure an assault on human values and women right. I wonder where the girls go when such things come by. Where is women empowerment on the agenda now?
Take an applause for taking up the issue on your blog.
Thanks a lot. Something sure needs to happen. :)
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