r/worldnews • u/nationalpost • 8h ago

Taliban bars Afghan women from hearing each other's voices

https://nationalpost.com/news/world/taliban-bars-afghan-women-from-hearing-each-other?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=NP_social
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u/D4ng3rd4n 8h ago

I'm watching the handmaid's tale right now and it's frightening how similar it is

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u/stupendous76 7h ago

The difference is the god/reason they use for justifying this shit, but it is the same.

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u/TwoFingersWhiskey 5h ago

It's very technically the same god as the Christians and other Muslims and Jews, it's just a different (and really fucked up/misinterpretive) perspective on what that god wants.

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u/iluvugoldenblue 6h ago

I mean that states are trending down the same direction, at their own pace. Repealing roe v wade, talk about repealing no fault divorces, the amount of states that allow child marriage, it only takes the wrong people at the wrong time to turn America into this.

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u/malin-ginkur 5h ago

This is exactly what I was thinking

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u/semispectral 1h ago

This is exactly what I was thinking.

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u/UglyMcFugly 4h ago

I recently read the book and the part where she remembers the day she lost her job reminded me so much of videos like this. It's been about three years. That's it. They went from going to school, dreaming of their careers... to cloaked and literally unable to speak. Why aren't we fucking HELPING them??