Prostitution strikes again. Although I have done a blog
previously based upon the crime human trafficking, this article not only
addresses the crime of prostitution but also the crime murder. In many cases of
human trafficking across the world, there are an unbelievable amount of
fatalities and murders in this industry but most of them go unnoticed. Due to
the nature of the crime and the secretiveness of the industry in many places, a
missing person may remain “missing” forever whether they are or were a prostitute
is hard to discover. In this article, a young woman had her head
chopped off for refusing to be a prostitute by her mother-in-law. With the help
of her cousin, her mother-in-law admitted to chopping off this 20yr old girl’s,
Gul, head due to her refusal to prostitute. Not only is this a unique form of
capital punishment but in the eyes of other parts of the world this is an inexcusable
crime. Although the severity of the crime is heightened, this only supports the
notions of the underprivileged and violent lifestyles women in Afghanistan
face. Ironically, Gul’s husband and father-in-law had nothing to do with her
killing. Many women in this society face these types of issues because of their
lack of human rights. Sometimes boys are even subjected to use of their bodies
for the sexual entertainment of others. Now in Afghanistan, girls are
guaranteed the right to an education but still that is even a struggle. Under
the Taliban rule, women were much like property with no say and although that
no longer exist legally there are still many that abide by its previous rulings.
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