Helper wroteChubber wrotezonker25 wrote
Anyone who finds this the least bit odd should consider the West's forcestarving of so many of our young women...
Both are examples of
patriarchal oppression of women, but you have to admit that their are some significant differences.
Forced-feeding of this nature is a distressing abuse of human rights. It is seldom consensual, generally managed through coercion and occasionally torture and often accompanied by genital mutilation.
While there is probably a patriarchal element to it, in my opinion its likely that there is also a significant female element to it as well. Its not uncommon (meaning it happens in a number of cultures) for older women to subjugate younger women ritually as a way of maintaining a very structured power-hierarchy.
Subjugating women: One of the few things in this world that is truly equal-opportunity.
