Wednesday, December 20, 2006

We should shine a light on

"Traditionally in my society the groom goes to his bride's house to live and her name goes to the children. When the mother dies her land is inherited by her daughters. Men have to work all their lives, but get none of the benefits. They are totally dependant on the woman," the Garo man told me. "It is just not right to have to live like that, to never own anything, to be at a woman's mercy for everything."
"Women all over the world feel exactly the same way," I told him. "Aren't the Bengali women you work with in that exact same situation to their husbands?"
"Well, it hurts men more"
I threw my pen at him.

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