Cruelty towards women is not a brainchild of the modern era. Over ages women have been subjected to crime, deprivation and ridicule, seen as the lesser of the two sexes. With renewed persuasion from the Human Rights organizations, the condition of women have come to the front pages of the world dailies.
With media raking up the issue of gender equality and crime against women, there has been a phenomenal increase in the number of cases uncovered and reported. One such case that caught my attention was the stoning of Soraya M. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stoning_of_Soraya_M.)
Like countless women who lost a lot more than just their lives for standing up against atrocities, Soraya suffered betrayal and murder at the hands of her own husband and sons. To every woman who wants to make a place for herself in this world, Soraya shouldn't be a warning, she must be an inspiration. Incidences like Soraya occur to knock at your door, to wake you up, and to tell you that there are people fighting, there are people setting examples for you to follow.
Our society is a complicated network of powerplay where people enjoy superiority over the "weak". The question is whether you as a woman see yourself as weak or not, whether you advocate the safety of women as being covered up, hidden and sacrificial and as an endowement of a scoeity that feasts on women as a property to be protected and owned, or as a change to be incorporated in the society.
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