Taliban gunmen shoot and wound schoolgirl

[sakuraberries]

(Reuters) - Taliban gunmen in Pakistan shot and seriously wounded on Tuesday a 14-year-old schoolgirl who rose to fame for speaking out against the militants, authorities said.

Malala Yousufzai was shot in the head and neck when gunmen fired on her school bus in the Swat valley, northwest of the capital, Islamabad. Two other girls were also wounded

Comments

[ecrivais]

I don't understand this need to oppress women so much. Is it because we bleed from our vaginas? Is it because we are genetically predisposed to be fetus carriers? What the fuck. I just don't understand it, I don't at all.

[natyanayaki]

It's probably a combination of the higher testosterone in men, plus 40-week pregnancies, plus years of female fear leading to both complacency and active furtherance of patriarchal views.

We just need to stand-up for all women/all oppressed groups regardless of how much power the powerful have. Like this mother cheetah! http://youtu.be/3IwDHvNxjJo

It's quite sad, that in general, we seem to be more like chimpanzees than out other closest relative --the bonobo.

[cornhobble]

bonobos? whaaa?

I read this comment three times and I still have no idea what you're talking about. I feel like I've failed.

[natyanayaki]

Bonobos, once's called "pygmy chimpanzees," were thought to have been a sub-species of the chimpanzee. But we now know that they are an entirely different species and we are equally related to them as we are chimpanzees (and recent findings indicate that we share DNA with bonobos that they don't share with chimpanzees, and we share DNA with chimpanzees that they don't share with bonobos

[lady_borg]

I really don't understand, are the Taliban so pathetic that they fear what impact a little girl would have on them. I hope she is ok so can keep on being a driving force for other girls/women in her country and other countries affected by the taliban and so can continue to be a threat to them.

I mean fucking good on her and I hope she is ok.

[natyanayaki]

Poor little girl.

[cornhobble]

Oh god, 14? She's so young. :(

[johnjie]

Are the Taliban really so pathetic that they felt so intimidated by a 14 year old girl speaking out against them? But then again, I can nderstand it somewhat - their violent reaction is probably caused in part by a woman seeing past their bullshit and calling them out on it, which is something they most likely do no want ever. All they seem to want is to have women they can control.

I hop that she is all right, and that she gets better, and that she continues to speak out against oppression in her country.

[mirhanda]

Yes. Yes they are.

[emofordino]

mfte.