It's all too easy to assume that women are victims in oppressive religion, but often they are just as much the perpetrators as the men. It's often female relatives, for example, who are the ones who push for FGM. Mothers are just as likely as fathers to say "you're not going out dressed like that." And let's not forget that most surveys suggest that across cultures, women are more religious than men on average. Look at someone like Anne Widdecombe leaving the CofE because they dared to allow female bishops. They are almost always a patriarchal system that favours and gives power to (certain) men, but let's not pretend that women aren't often just as likely to fully participate in it. The fact that you have women and girls choosing to move to ISIS territory shows you that. They weren't dragged there kicking and screaming for the most part.From memory, my understanding is that the punishment described here ('the biter') was often administered by women. Of course, we know very little about what Begum and other women actually got up to during their time when ISIS was more in the ascendant, but this is also something to take into consideratiion.
As I understand it, the adult brain isn't fully formed until about 25. With that in mind, it would be possible to make exactly the same excuse for a 20 year-old, but no-one would do that because of an arbitrary legal distinction at 18.Dave Eagleman's book Incognito (on the manner in which the unconscious brain influences our behaviour without our necessarily realizing as well as the relationship between neuroscience and the law) is also possibly relevant. Although he doesn't discuss the adolescent brain specifically, I would be interested to know more about how the brain of a 15 year old is configured in comparison to that of a fully-fledged adult, and whether this might impact in any way on impulse control and conscious decision-making.
What a strange statement (the second paragraph in case you are wondering)*you're.
Why do the hard right often struggle to spell such simple words?
I think Farage is a massive dickhead......you're one of his supporters.
*you're.
Why do the hard right often struggle to spell such simple words?
I think Farage is a massive dickhead......you're one of his supporters.
I am neither hard right nor far right (although Mrs Mist will tell you I think I am always right) but why would either struggle with simple words ?Hard-right?
Hard is only really a term used for the left.
UKIP, Brexit Party, BNP (and their fanboys) = Far Right
I don't really see what the issue is the British Government aren't about to return citizenship to a security threat,who hates our way of life and it's a hell of a walk from Syria.
I am neither hard right nor far right (although Mrs Mist will tell you I think I am always right) but why would either struggle with simple words ?
I don't. I was agreeing with you. Perhaps it was the way I phrased it.It's not something I said so I'm not sure why you want an explanation from me.
Yes there would be an issue had the Government not complied with international law and if Ms Begum had not inherited Bangladeshi nationality from her parents then the Government may well have been on a sticky wicket. Grey area but our Government haven't made her stateless so in reality she's screwed so to speak. Alas in her case it's hard to feel that sorry for her I'm afraid.The 'issue' is international law and following it.
She could well be a security threat but they have allowed many other probable security threats to return from Syria without being made stateless.
They are making an example of her but it's a dangerous precedent to set.
So she needs to apply for Bangladeshi citizenship, have that rejected and then ask to return to the U.K. to face charges.Yes there would be an issue had the Government not complied with international law and if Ms Begum had not inherited Bangladeshi nationality from her parents then the Government may well have been on a sticky wicket. Grey area but our Government haven't made her stateless so in reality she's screwed so to speak. Alas in her case it's hard to feel that sorry for her I'm afraid.