diwana
November 27, 2010, 4:00pm
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Re: Do desis
Deeba1234:
Really?? ‘Her mother threatened suicide, and she took the threat seriously. She was also told she would be taken to Pakistan and married there. She was also threatened with being put out of the house and accused of bringing shame and disgrace on her family name.’ Source: http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Judge-annuls-arranged-marriage.2321090.jp I could dig out a hundred similar stories from the UK.. Go and look up the studies online if u don’t believe what I’ve written, it’s all there in black + white. Yes, they might seem like generalisations but they’re also FACT.
^True but even tho it’s the minority the statistics are pretty shocking..
Previous studies have shown that **South Asian women living in the UK – particularly those of Pakistani origin – have a higher rate of depression, suicide and self-harm than White women. **However, there are no psychosocial interventions specifically designed to help people from ethnic minorities with depression.
The concept of honour (izzat) and shame (sharam) are particularly important within Asian culture, especially in the lives of Asian women. The Newham research explains how the concepts of honour and shame are connected to issues of morality, social standing and respect in Asian societies. It is these concepts expressed through the actions of women that lead to the role and expectations of women in Asian communities and families. Women are “the appointed site of familial honour and shame…thus they are both the guardians and the guarded”. It is from these notions that the roles of women within Asian culture can be viewed as rigid and constraining. The Newham study describes how these issues are reflected throughout their findings of Asian women who self harm. In the national Strategies for Living study the women tell similar stories.
The women in this study face immense pressure because of their gender and the expectations placed upon them as wives and mothers.
Source: http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/publications/?entryid5=43600&p=4
Why don’t you come up with something which compares desis and non-desis in regards to mental diseases and prove your point that non desis are mentally stronger.
Give concrete evidence not just rhetorics or cherry picking the studies which might even be baised?
Overall: In Britain 3-4 percent men and up to 8 percent women suffer depression in their lifetime.
If you really want go that path deeba, you will be astonished not just shocked if data is provided to you otherwise. You might be living in a bubble but does not mean there is no world outside that bubble.
