one televised voice, in one moment, one one night at 3 am, says that one woman is raped in Pakistan, every two hours.
bus. thats the only remembrance, the only reflection in all the mainstream pakistanness that i’ve been immersed in my month here in pakistan. the only reflection of how criminally..ridiculously bestial we are as a nation.
our heinous nature doesnt even register in our consciousness, except as a pale, unreal act.
and yet, i will forget and so will everyone else. kissi ko buhat motivation ho gi to ek aur ngo khul jaye gi.
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*Originally posted by ravage: *
one televised voice, in one moment, one one night at 3 am, says that one woman is raped in Pakistan, every two hours.
bus. thats the only remembrance, the only reflection in all the mainstream pakistanness that i've been immersed in my month here in pakistan. the only reflection of how criminally..ridiculously bestial we are as a nation.
our heinous nature doesnt even register in our consciousness, except as a pale, unreal act.
and yet, i will forget and so will everyone else. kissi ko buhat motivation ho gi to ek aur ngo khul jaye gi.
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what do you think can be done to improve the situation?
i know that nothing i do will even remotely begin to impact this malaise at the nation-level.
while the personal, individual tragedy is very significant, and while honest, decent NGOs may save/redress one case in hundreds, I was mourning our national shame that gives us terrible statistics like 1 rape per 2 hours.
one man, ten men, a hundred cant change that, i guess it'll take time and education, take generations to lessen. until then we'll just have to live with it.