Saudi Arabia
This makes me so angry!
JEDDAH - A 23-year-old unmarried woman was awarded one-year prison term and 100 lashes for committing adultery and trying to abort the resultant fetus.
The District Court in Jeddah pronounced the verdict on Saturday after the girl confessed that she had a forced sexual intercourse with a man who had offered her a ride. The man, the girl confessed, took her to a rest house, east of Jeddah, where he and four of friends assaulted her all night long.
The girl claimed that she became pregnant soon after and went to King Fahd Hospital for Armed Forces in an attempt to carry out an abortion. She was eight weeks’ pregnant then, the hospital confirmed.
According to the ruling, the woman will be sent to a jail outside Jeddah to spend her time and will be lashed after delivery of her baby who will take the mother’s last name.
Source: http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2009020828735&archiveissuedate=08/02/2009
How can the laws be so absurd?
How can women be banned from driving, and, at the same time, be punished for getting a ride with a man?
How can rape be considered equivalent to consexual sex, and why are only women held responsible for the "so-called" sex crimes?
What will it take for women to become considered equal to men in that society?
JEDDAH - A 23-year-old unmarried woman was awarded one-year prison term and 100 lashes for committing adultery and trying to abort the resultant fetus.
The District Court in Jeddah pronounced the verdict on Saturday after the girl confessed that she had a forced sexual intercourse with a man who had offered her a ride. The man, the girl confessed, took her to a rest house, east of Jeddah, where he and four of friends assaulted her all night long.
The girl claimed that she became pregnant soon after and went to King Fahd Hospital for Armed Forces in an attempt to carry out an abortion. She was eight weeks’ pregnant then, the hospital confirmed.
According to the ruling, the woman will be sent to a jail outside Jeddah to spend her time and will be lashed after delivery of her baby who will take the mother’s last name.
Source: http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2009020828735&archiveissuedate=08/02/2009
How can the laws be so absurd?
How can women be banned from driving, and, at the same time, be punished for getting a ride with a man?
How can rape be considered equivalent to consexual sex, and why are only women held responsible for the "so-called" sex crimes?
What will it take for women to become considered equal to men in that society?