Dying to kill
"It's a beautiful thing, to be a martyr."
This is how the documentary I was watching about female suicide bombers ended. I am speechless at this point, because I am trying really hard to understand. It is of course not a new phenomenon, but I must admit, I never tried to understand why a woman would do something like this. Well, just trying to understand, why a human being would want to kill, is beyond me....but this far surpasses that... Women... the givers of life....the docile gender....generally mute victims in these countries....Am I to think, that hopelessness has turned into rage!
The most disturbing moment was, when the presenter asked a bunch of school girls, what they thought about it, and were the willing to do something like this. They replied in unison, "Of course, we would be proud to turn our bodies into killing machines. How long can we sit around and see our family dying around us? It's our turn to do something now. We can't wait to be martyrs." It has turned into a cult now. The bomber's pictures are made into posters and young girls are encouraged to follow their footsteps.
Interestingly, in most of the cases they investigated, the women involved were at their tethered ends....constantly abused by the male members of their families.. this was their only way out. And why not, if taking out the enemy made you a super star and redeemed your family? What kind of violent and claustrophobic worlds are they living in, to breed and groom such monstrosity??
I have wished for a world where women weren't oppressed, just because they were weak and they dint mind being abused... a world where they fought back... where they were given equal opportunities as men... nothing more and nothing less.... in an unfortunate, strangely ironic and not to mention a very disturbing way, I feel that wish has some how come true!!!!
This is how the documentary I was watching about female suicide bombers ended. I am speechless at this point, because I am trying really hard to understand. It is of course not a new phenomenon, but I must admit, I never tried to understand why a woman would do something like this. Well, just trying to understand, why a human being would want to kill, is beyond me....but this far surpasses that... Women... the givers of life....the docile gender....generally mute victims in these countries....Am I to think, that hopelessness has turned into rage!
The most disturbing moment was, when the presenter asked a bunch of school girls, what they thought about it, and were the willing to do something like this. They replied in unison, "Of course, we would be proud to turn our bodies into killing machines. How long can we sit around and see our family dying around us? It's our turn to do something now. We can't wait to be martyrs." It has turned into a cult now. The bomber's pictures are made into posters and young girls are encouraged to follow their footsteps.
Interestingly, in most of the cases they investigated, the women involved were at their tethered ends....constantly abused by the male members of their families.. this was their only way out. And why not, if taking out the enemy made you a super star and redeemed your family? What kind of violent and claustrophobic worlds are they living in, to breed and groom such monstrosity??
I have wished for a world where women weren't oppressed, just because they were weak and they dint mind being abused... a world where they fought back... where they were given equal opportunities as men... nothing more and nothing less.... in an unfortunate, strangely ironic and not to mention a very disturbing way, I feel that wish has some how come true!!!!
posted by Priya at Wednesday, September 17, 2008
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