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Widowed women are a burden - get rid of them

submitted by Sagemind

1 decade 5 years 2 months ago

The Forgotten Woman Trailer

OK, So I watched a movie last night called "Water".
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0240200/
It is a story about what happens to woman in India if their husband dies. The lose everything and the women are discarded.

It was the husband's job to take care of the wife and if he dies, the family takes back everything he owned and kicks out the woman.

The woman may NEVER re-mary (even though there is a law that says they can) - Their religion says they can not ever... Essentially, they are a burden, they are just cast away...
The only other choice they have is to be killed and laid beside their husband.

This is an excerpt from "The Forgotten Woman", a documentary Inspired by the 2006 Academy Award® nominee for Best Foreign Language film, "Water," this documentary tells the story of some of the 20 million Indian widows who are abandoned by their families and literally turned out into the streets when their husbands died. "Water" was a fictional recounting of this terrible tradition, set in 1938. "The Forgotten Woman" is true, and happening today.

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Moving this video to Sagemind's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.

*beg

Sending this video to Beggar's Canyon to plea for a little attention - beg requested by original submitter Sagemind.

Of all the places in the world that I'd never want to visit, India has to be at the top of the list, precisely because of this madness.

Very *dark indeed.

Adding video to channels (Dark) - requested by Issykitty.

This is a sad truth that reflects the disdain for women in the eastern culture. Women are merely assets, decoration, and playthings for the men. Despite cries for help, most women are forced to be silent for fear of losing what they have in a world where a lone woman has no rights. It is tragic how these women can be married and look forward to a prosperous life only to have it pulled out from under them. They have no way to defend their lives, they are simply cast out. Living in a world that can *promote this kind of cruelty towards any person, male of female has got to be a life filled with dread, loneliness and fear. I can't even imagine how it would be to live as a woman where they have less value than the cattle. The severity of the sadness this void of freedom leaves behind in deafening.

Self promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued - promote requested by original submitter Sagemind.

remind me in a bit to promote the hell out of this

Iron man 2, one of the best movie of the year..I seen the full movie at movies-play dot com

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