Burned To Death For Reporting Sexual Harassment

[naomi24]

Nusrat Jahan Rafi was doused with kerosene and set on fire at her school in Bangladesh. Less than two weeks earlier, she had filed a sexual harassment complaint against her headmaster.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-47947117

Where is #MeToo when they're needed?

[spathiphyllum]

"Why do you think that is?"

I've no idea

[naomi24]

No spath, they protested after he was elected too.

Have you thought about my question?

[naomi24]

Ah, I see you have thought about it, and you've no idea. No common factor there?

[spathiphyllum]

As i said.. where is the storm cloud of anger? There isn't one. People on this thread even been denying its relationship to #meetoo. People don't care Noami and the reason for that is because they've either given up hope of changing the minds of these deluded murderers or, because of where the incident happened IMO. I'm not saying I don't care, i do.. but what can i do you know what can i even say

[naomi24]

/People don't care//

They close their eyes and ears, spath, because those things happen within societies that we’re condemned for criticising.

[spathiphyllum]

no one is condemned for criticising third world murderers and rapists. it's how it's done, and the generalisations made whilst doing so

[spathiphyllum]

In Bangladesh, this caused protests, meaning their society generally does not like what happened. So we can't say their society is to blame, it's the individual nut jobs.

[naomi24]

spath, Read my post at 10:41 Thu.

There is currently a woman in prison in Saudi who says her reputation has been tarnished by the treatment she's received and now doesn't want to leave prison for fear of the reaction in her own community.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-47956124

Denying the culture exists enables it.

[spathiphyllum]

but in the article in the OP the community protested against? I'm confused. Are these two different communities?

[naomi24]

Read the whole article spath.

//A group of people gathered in the streets demanding his release.//

//For a girl in her position, reporting sexual harassment can come with consequences. Victims often face judgement from their communities, harassment, in person and online, and in some cases violent attacks. Nusrat went on to experience all of these.//

[spathiphyllum]

ah, OK. barbaric behaviour.

[naomi24]

Barbaric culture.

[vetuste_ennemi]

All over the news in Tower Hamlish (shorry, Bangladeshh, my mishtake), therefore: "not exactly ignored by her own community - but what the hell, this Ab so anything could be true".

The young Muslim woman's death excited a lot of public demonstrations and sympathy, to be sure.

More sympathetic, but not as well attended as the demonstrations in the former "West Pakistan" over the Asia Bibi case.

Which brings us back to the #MeToo lot and their selective concern about abuse.

[Baldric]

// Why her family have not rallied round the murderer i do not know //

Does this help

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rally%20round

[sanmac]

I'm sure the poster meant "railed around". Not a massive mistake really.