• T. Hex@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    The escalating bans are reaching new heights of absurdity, with officials in Balkh province in northern Afghanistan banned from calling female patients by their actual names. In May, officials reportedly ordered all hospitals, private practices and clinics to use the word “Bibi” instead of women’s names. They emphasised that this instruction must be observed even on medical prescriptions.

    The other absurd restrictions notwithstanding, this feels like such a complete lack of respect for women’s personhood, humanity, existence even. Fuck the Taliban.

  • MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com
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    I get that part of it is a religious thing, but I literally don’t understand how this makes any sense at all unless suffering is the point. Why would they make things worse for people if they were allowed to do these things before? It accomplishes nothing. I really don’t think this is going to make people rally in support of the government.

  • Burn_The_Right@lemmy.today
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    2 hours ago

    Women are also forbidden from becoming doctors. So, healthcare is illegal for women.

    #JustConservativeThings

  • Waterpumpee@lemmus.org
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    Will certainly not be a problem if a populations females are suddendly dying to stuff solved since medieval times. There will be a population decline and a male overhang in a few years.

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      39 minutes ago

      Then you’ll get a society, full of angry, religious old men who are definitely not fucking eachother

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    59 minutes ago

    for all those who wanted america out of afghanistan glad you got your wish 😔

    • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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      16 minutes ago

      This is happening because the US invaded Afghanistan.

      Unless the plan was to make Afghanistan the 51st state, this was always going to be the result.

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        No, this isn’t happening just because of that. It’s happening because of religion. Nothing more nothing less. What the USSR and the US did over there doesn’t excuse what the religious are doing to it now.