So many jokes about women's suffrage: What about this: "Fear keeps women from voting booths in Pakistan?"
I keep seeing these jokes about women's suffrage and questions in GWS like "do women still need suffrage", when women in Pakistan are too afraid to vote because of suicide bombing threats from militants. Pakistani candidates were warned not to bring their female supporters to ballot booths.
Is "harmless joking" used to minimize what women actually experience?
This is from the article "Fear keeps women from voting booths in Pakistan":
As Ms. Zahid, the zoology professor, packed up her polling station on Monday night she said she was filled with a sense of relief and despair. Only 280 of the 2,058 women registered to vote in her district had cast ballots. She said she was frustrated by the low turnout but relieved that women had stayed home — and alive. “In a democratic society, everyone should vote,” she said. “But in this situation, life is more important than voting.”
source: answers.yahoo.com
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