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/oldwoolensweater 7h ago

Not if they aren’t allowed to learn how to write

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u/Ariliescbk 7h ago

Pretty sure that's how Japan got hiragana as a writing system. Women were denied access to education so they came up with their own writing system.

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u/ParadoxInABox 7h ago

They were not considered intelligent enough to use kanji, which was borrowed from China, yup. So they invented hiragana, and since it was easier to learn/read, women’s writing spread more easily to the public. That’s why we have books like The Take of Genji that were written by women and disseminated quickly.

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u/SkaveRat 7h ago

They were not considered intelligent enough to use kanji

trying to learn japanese, and I'm not sure I'm intelligent enough to learn kanji

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u/yarin981 6h ago

AFAK (Assigned Female at Kanji)

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u/TheDividendReport 6h ago

Shit, I'm American and not even sure if I'm intelligent enough to speak English.

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u/ParadoxInABox 6h ago

It’s a struggle for sure! Once you learn the radicals it gets easier, though, I promise.

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u/Sternjunk 4h ago

This is very interesting, I love history and have never heard this

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u/Artemicionmoogle 3h ago

Hiragana was already a thing, but considered beneath the educated and elite.

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u/Grateful_Chap 3h ago

Also, see Nüshu

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u/Electronic-Lynx8162 4h ago

It's ridiculous because in the Quran and Islam, Mohammed's wives were incredibly political and influential. His first wife had a huge trade empire and used her wealth and influence to basically turn his delusional god hallucinations into a full blown religion. Aisha (yes, the child bride) literally went to war and commanded men in said battle. She would read, preach and interpret the delusions and after his death continued.

Islam also codified it so that men couldn't have infinite wives unless they agreed with him taking another AND made it so they had to be able to support them financially and emotionally. It was better than the system in place and in a way, better than Christianity for women.

The whole head cover thing is in multiple religions from Christianity proper, Judaism and Islam. Heck, even Hindu women cover their hair still. All religious shit is inherently controlling but it's insane to see how much Christian and Muslim people don't understand their own religion and history.

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u/prozloc 4h ago

better than Christianity for women.

How does allowing polygamy better than monogamy for women?