Bob Herbert talks about how women are treated badly and how some are being abused, killed and no one is doing anything to stop this. In his first article, “Punished For Being Female”, he talks about how on a news report of the United Nations some women are being burned, killed, sex trafficked, and raped. The report is a compilation of many studies from around the world. Herbert, says that the news media of the United Nations told its shocking contents with a collective yawn. He claims that the war analogy is not an overstatement. All around the world men are beating, torturing, raping and killing women with impunity. He given an example by mentioning that in Ciudad Juarez, a Mexican city, about 300-400 women have been killed or mutilated over the past several years.
In addition he says that in India, wives are being murdered and maimed. Many of these women are being doused with kerosene and set blaze by their husbands who are dissatisfied by the size of their dowries or angry of their wives behavior. He also mentions that in Ethiopia, the abduction and rape of young girls is a commonplace to get …show more content…
He starts of by saying that ten girls were shot and five were killed at the Amish school and at a Colorado attack one girl was killed and others were molested. These crimes had widespread coverage, yet not much was done about it. He states that if these crimes were about black kids, white kids, or only Jews, people would do a call to action and a reflection. This would enable people to see these attacks as hate crimes. Herbert mentions that stories about rape, murder and mutilation of women and girls are becoming so familiar to us like the weather forecast. The disrespecting, degrading, and the bad treatment of women has gotten to the mainstream that we have lost the ability to be
In addition he says that in India, wives are being murdered and maimed. Many of these women are being doused with kerosene and set blaze by their husbands who are dissatisfied by the size of their dowries or angry of their wives behavior. He also mentions that in Ethiopia, the abduction and rape of young girls is a commonplace to get …show more content…
He starts of by saying that ten girls were shot and five were killed at the Amish school and at a Colorado attack one girl was killed and others were molested. These crimes had widespread coverage, yet not much was done about it. He states that if these crimes were about black kids, white kids, or only Jews, people would do a call to action and a reflection. This would enable people to see these attacks as hate crimes. Herbert mentions that stories about rape, murder and mutilation of women and girls are becoming so familiar to us like the weather forecast. The disrespecting, degrading, and the bad treatment of women has gotten to the mainstream that we have lost the ability to be