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[lederhosen]

Gah. I would like to live in a world where women don't get stoned to death, please.

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[ambitious-wench.livejournal.com]

She was 13 years old. She was a little girl, not a woman.

This is common; refering to girls as women in any situation that deals with sexual violence. It lessens the impact on the reader. It's especially true of reports about girls in foreign countries.

[silmaril.livejournal.com]

And the article ends with "The BBC had a reported, but he was shot to death in June."

Wrath. I have visions of flamethrowers in my eyes, and that is not good for anything, but I cannot help it.

[bunny-hugger.livejournal.com]

How about a world where nobody gets stoned to death? Or would that just be too much to ask for?

[culfinriel.livejournal.com]

Good god, yes.

[deor.livejournal.com]

Or a world where females don't get blamed for being *raped*.