The War on Women

The War on Women is going swimmingly.   In the western world, women are being denied reproductive medical care such as birth control and access to abortion.  Even in workplace medical coverage.

But Nigeria does it better than anybody.  230 schoolgirls were abducted over a week ago, by the Boko Haram Islamists as punishment for getting a western education.  The article says nobody knows where the missing girls are.  But hold that thought.

The Telegraph, on the other hand, says that the girls were tracked down by their parents.  The parents were forced to turn back after direct threats.  And when the parents gave the location data to the police, the police ignored it.

Now that's a war on Women!

The name Boko Haram actually means "Western education is sin" in the local Hausa language.  The group is a bunch of radical Islamists.

But don't fear for the lives of the girls, they are used as slaves and sexual servants, so they're kept alive. "The girls who are kidnapped are raped, forced into servitude -- but rarely killed", said CNN.

I think if you drop by the local grammar school, you might find some kids who will testify that "Western education is a sin".  So everything is normal and the world will continue turning.   Carry on.