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<blockquote data-quote="DazedandConfused" data-source="post: 189793" data-attributes="member: 831"><p>I remember watching Oprah years ago and something she said has always stuck in my mind, 'If you were born in the US (or any other industrialized country, Australia, Western Europe) you are already one of the luckiest girls in the world" This article only too well shows how true her observation was. </p><p> </p><p>Middle eastern countries still live, for the most part, in the middle ages. This woman's situation demonstrates just how difficult it is for women in that part, and many other parts, of the world. Like Marg wrote, they're vessels, nothing more. If a women doesn't give birth to a son, she's not a complete woman because her value is in producing a son. Girls are burdens until they birth out a boy. </p><p> </p><p>I was thinking when reading Marg's response about Dr. Kildare. I remember in the movie, Love Story, how Ryan O'Neals character made the decision not to "burden" Jenny with the knowledge that she had leukemia. When I saw that movie I remember the anger I felt at that. As if she were a toddler who wouldn't understand. </p><p> </p><p>Now this woman is going to have to care for seven babies in a two room mud hut with a spouse who I am sure isn't going to lift a finger to help her.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DazedandConfused, post: 189793, member: 831"] I remember watching Oprah years ago and something she said has always stuck in my mind, 'If you were born in the US (or any other industrialized country, Australia, Western Europe) you are already one of the luckiest girls in the world" This article only too well shows how true her observation was. Middle eastern countries still live, for the most part, in the middle ages. This woman's situation demonstrates just how difficult it is for women in that part, and many other parts, of the world. Like Marg wrote, they're vessels, nothing more. If a women doesn't give birth to a son, she's not a complete woman because her value is in producing a son. Girls are burdens until they birth out a boy. I was thinking when reading Marg's response about Dr. Kildare. I remember in the movie, Love Story, how Ryan O'Neals character made the decision not to "burden" Jenny with the knowledge that she had leukemia. When I saw that movie I remember the anger I felt at that. As if she were a toddler who wouldn't understand. Now this woman is going to have to care for seven babies in a two room mud hut with a spouse who I am sure isn't going to lift a finger to help her. [/QUOTE]
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