Women Stoning Research Paper

"Off with his head!" In Middle East countries like Saudi Arabia, their main execution practice on women is stoning; this is when a woman is buried from the chest down and spectators grab any size rock to throw it at her. For women, executions are just as brutal as the one in "A Hanging."
Women are stoned because they are thought to have committed adultery or prostitution. Even if a man was in the wrong, the woman would automatically be punished because they are "property." On www.independent.co.uk, the al-Shabaab militia accused a thirteen year old girl for adultery because SHE was raped by three men and was stoned. Furthermore, reporter Naureen Shameem said, "A married woman was stoned to death by her family (including her two young children) for owning a cell phone." Men are stoned also, but for reasons such as murder. Nevertheless, she/he is allowed to dig themselves out of the hole and try run away, but no one has ever been successful. The Women can do a single thing wrong and is convicted to stoning, yet a man can rape young girls or married …show more content…
A man can become unhappy with his wife, accuse her of adultery, go to trial, and the judge will decide if she will be stoned. CNN states that judges make their decisions on gut feelings rather than actual evidence and sixty-eight percent of women are stoned to death from something that never happened. Unlike men, women are not allowed to have lawyers when on trial and aren't given the option to go to prison. "Stoning is a cruel and hideous punishment that's a form of torturing someone to death. It is the most brutal form of violence penetrated against women in order to control and punish their sexuality and basic freedoms." - Women's Right Activist.
Stoning is a cruel and unreasonable punishment that no one should have to undergo. Executions for women today are just as brutal as the one in "A Hanging" because it's sexist and the trials are