tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970927334223123519.post5682209375952598319..comments2020-12-22T14:45:20.593+01:00Comments on Euro Like Me: out of the frying pan...pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14675993483165955805noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970927334223123519.post-52831369732361247312011-01-09T21:14:42.199+01:002011-01-09T21:14:42.199+01:00Well, thanks for your thoughts, Anonymous. I'm...Well, thanks for your thoughts, Anonymous. I'm sure there is some truth to some of what you say.pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675993483165955805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970927334223123519.post-75124800118944264432011-01-08T06:33:13.778+01:002011-01-08T06:33:13.778+01:00hey i really like the fact that you are getting re...hey i really like the fact that you are getting really emotional about the issue. we are all but one as i say we all hold a global visa and your concern is very touching. however, when you write about a country you need to get all the facts right.Genetal mutilation had allways been outlawed in ethiopia for manny centuries. sex is seen as a natural gift to man kind to enjoy an extra luxury and ethiopians find it very devastating to find that the women can not enjoy her joy as weel. however it is not a practice that every ethiopian child has to undertake as a right of passage kind of way as seen in the movie. only some tribes in the north use to do that to there women and even 100 years ago it was seen barbaric by the other tribes who felt violating a women in such a manner was not acceptable. however there backward thinking meant that they carried this on secretively. there is and was a great opposition towar these tribs and the way they devalued women as the rest of ethiopia saw women and men as equals, if you go to any village home you would see the man and the women together giving each other mutual respect. the women before they marry are aloud to have boyfriends just like any western nation and go have there high school sweet heart as you would say it. then they can marry them when they are older or they just marry another man. the culture is a very open and has great respect for women even after marriage a women can go back to her love and have a fling as it is seen normal its an agreement which is not spoken about between husband and wife as in any relationship would bring some disagreement and is left as a form of respect for each other. women have been regarded as equal to men in ethiopian history even in he 12 century there where women in the government queens who ruled the country (saba, titue, i dont kbow all of them at the top of my head google them) and lead armys and even when women where repressed and seen as a mans inferior, where they cant own property etc, ethiopian women could own there own property have there own money however when married both of them share what they have as they feel what one has is as if the other has as they precive marriage as the coming together of tow souls. the women is aloud to have a devorce if she is unhappy with the marriage as well.<br />so if you can understand where i am coming form having a very one way steriotypical view point of something is not good dont be feed information. this is oming form a fellow ethiopianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970927334223123519.post-29018095483506989812010-07-04T08:12:31.722+01:002010-07-04T08:12:31.722+01:00Thanks for reading, Uzma. I couldn't find that...Thanks for reading, Uzma. I couldn't find that essay at your blog, but will use other methods. Be well!pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675993483165955805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1970927334223123519.post-90285211430957559072010-07-04T06:54:23.154+01:002010-07-04T06:54:23.154+01:00Thank you for this post. I was touched by your tho...Thank you for this post. I was touched by your thoughts/ conflict. <br /><br />If you're ever interested, check out my blog. http://uzmaaslamkhan.blogspot.com<br />I'm primarily a novelist but also an essayist, and I've written a few pieces (see especially "The West Must Save the East!") on the ways in which the west sees the east/ third world, only through the lens of "liberating" it, if it sees it at all. It's a fine balance, telling the truth about without pandering to those who wish to prove their own way right. <br /><br />Take care<br />Uzma Aslam Khanuzmahttp://uzmaaslamkhan.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com