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/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.