When Rape Is Legal

Well it takes something pretty shitty for people to start reminiscing about the good old days of the Taliban, but Afghanistan has figured out just how to do it. President Karzai just signed into law that allows women the right to refuse sex ONLY when they are sick. Otherwise, they better be prepared to jump on the happy train and like it. The law also says that Afghani women must have their husband's permission to leave the house. 

I get that this is a different culture, and I don't expect these women to be running around like they are auditioning for the next season of Bret Michaels' Rock of Love, but it would be nice if they weren't going backwards in terms of their rights as humans.

But then again, we do live in a world where many African girls and women miss out on work or school because they don't have the proper sanitary accoutrements to welcome Aunt Flo. Makes you look at your Tampax in a WHOLE new way . . .

Salon has more here. Sad, sad stuff.