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Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center
Membership Information | Holiday Schedule
3225 Reservoir Oval East
Bronx, NY 10467
Cross Streets: 208th Street and Bainbridge Avenue
Directions via Google Maps
Located in Williamsbridge Oval
Deputy Center Manager: Sarah Bishow-Semevolos and Ray Combest
Phone: (718) 543-8672 (718) 515-2495
This is a Limited Access Recreation Center.
Celebrate WBO's one-year anniversary with us! It's been one year since the center first reopened. Find out why WBO's such a fixture in the community. Take fitness classes, like kickboxing, yoga, aerobics; dance through a Bachata lesson; make arts and crafts; play games, including hockey and tug of war; and meet the Parks Enforcement Patrol officers and their horses! Adults who take part in a fitness class will get a free day pass. This event is free and we welcome you!
Hours of Operation
Monday - Friday:
Saturday - Sunday: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
You must bring a secure lock to store your items.
Please note that all programs and classes end 15 minutes prior to closing time.
Fitness Room Hours - 8:00 AM - 9:15 PM (Monday thru Friday) Sat & Sun 8:00 AM - 3:45 PM
Game Room Hours - 8:00 AM - 9:15 PM (Monday thru Friday) Sat & Sun 8:00 AM - 3:45 PM
Spin Bike Room Hours - 8:00 AM - 9:15 PM (Monday thru Friday) Sat & Sun 8:00 AM - 3:45 PM
On holidays (New Year's Day and Eve, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Easter, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Election Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day and Eve, and Christmas Day and Eve), recreation center hours will change. Please visit our Recreation Center Holiday Schedule for details.
Recreation Center Membership Gift Cards
Give the Gift of Sports, Fitness and Fun!
Purchase a Recreation Center Membership Gift Card, and share the joy of health with a family member, friend, or loved one. Gift Cards may be redeemed at any one of Parks' 35 recreation centers across New York City.
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If you're highly optimized website ranked at or near the top for your primary key words/phrases, would you be interested in advertising (via PPC) on those same keywords?
Sounds like a crazy question, right? I mean why would you bother paying for a click that would have come to you anyway?
Well, according to this Microsoft adCenter follow up blog post to the SES San Jose conference, showing up in both organic AND paid results can highten your prospect's intent to buy your product. In other words, the two "channels" can work together to provide better results than either alone. In fact, you can increase brand association by 16% if the top search ad and the top organic listing are from the same brand.
What do you think? Would you be willing to buy the PPC cow if you were already drinking the free milk of organic search results?
Thanks Jeff, very interesting indeed!
It reminds me of what Avinash has been saying for a while, which is very data oriented: Measure Cannibalization Rate (vs. Organic).
He proposes a way to measure how much and where should you use both based on your Web Analytics data.
Forget brand awareness.
I ran a month-long test about 2 years ago for a group of related terms that showed up between 1 and 3rd positions in organic results. The same terms also had PPC results in the same positions. For one month, I paused bidding on those terms. The results of the test were conclusive: upon shutting off the paid terms, I saw no change in organic click-throughs on those same terms. That means that by shutting off the paid terms, I was loosing incremental sales. Once I turned the paid terms back on, I had regained the same volume within about a week and so no decrease in organic traffic from those terms.
I would buy the cow and keep the natural results if possible. I do this now and find that lots of people just like to click on the sponsored results.
Given the above, isn't it remarkable that just a few years ago sponsored ads were considered by the average surfing Joe to be a bad thing? People were trying to identify which listings were sponsored so they could NOT click on them.
Now, for some market segments apparently, there are whole groups of visitors who click ONLY on the sponsored listings.
This business is fun because things are always changing, including the all-important end user behaviors. Never depend on the way it is now!
You're absolutely right Chris. I have noticed this development too and I think PPC ads will get far more clicks in the future in comparison to current ratios. Consumers have noticed an increase in quality of the ads and will therefore click more ads.
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- Release Date: Nov 2, 2008
- Also On: PlayStation 2, Xbox 360
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Dec 5, 2010its ACDC so if you like the band and music games well then you are gona like the game . ACDC is a good live band ive heard them play years ago would have perfered the studio versions though. the game is very very bare bones though cant select the ACDC charicters to play as cant creat a charicter cant do any thing outside of play the songs down the list and thats it but for $5 im not complaining and even at $20 new it wouldnt be a bad deal . i would have liked to have seen more attention put into this game with a much bigger selection of there songs because to me ACDC has ALOT of grear music but you get a decent amount of songs for what you are paying for.… Expand
Aug 15, 2013Big AC/DC fan great music but, bad impersonator its overall okay, to me its really worth 10 bucks even though it retail is 30.00 dollers. if it was the real band i would give it a good review but not so much
Unfortunately, you'll finish solo tour mode within a couple of hours, there's no online multiplayer and the original master tracks aren't available.
The AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack is a short but sweet experience that leaves you feeling like you didn't get a Whole Lotta Rosie.
There are some great AC/DC tracks here which would make a fantastic addition to any Rock Band collection, but you'll have to pay a premium to get them, including a lot of songs you're probably not interested in. Unless you're an absolute AC/DC fanatic, you're probably better served waiting to pick this up on sale sometime down the road.


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You have to try and abolish extreme violence in general not just by focusing on violence against women, For every 5 men that is extremely tortured there is one women according to statistics, Now if you keep making a case only for women, it would have negative effects with only more violence being perpetuated, the only solution is to find effective ways of reducing crimes violence in society in general.
Photograph by Lynsey Addario, National Geographic
Published February 8, 2014
National Geographic photographer Lynsey Addario says that a new Afghan law, passed by parliament and awaiting signature by President Hamid Karzai, would effectively silence victims of domestic violence.
Addario first traveled to Afghanistan 14 years ago when it was under Taliban rule and has returned every year since. Over that time, rights and protections for Afghan women have been strengthened, and many women now have access to education and jobs.
But last year, Afghanistan saw a 28 percent increase in reports of attacks against women, according to the UN, with little rise in prosecutions. And now, a small but consequential change to the criminal code could make domestic violence—already rampant in Afghanistan—nearly impossible to prosecute.
In her 2010 photo essay for National Geographic, "Veiled Rebellion," Addario bore witness to both the abuse and the progress of Afghan women.
Her photographs show women maimed by their husbands for small acts of defiance. By contrast, ebullient teachers-in-training are seen picnicking in a women's garden established by a female Afghan governor.
The groundbreaking 2009 Law on the Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW) criminalized acts of child marriage, rape, and other forms of violence against women.
But laws are only as effective as their enforcement, and Addario details how the proposed new law could roll back many of the hard-won protections she's documented in recent years.
Can you tell us about this new law the Afghan parliament has passed?
Basically what it's saying is that relatives cannot testify when a woman has been assaulted or raped. Essentially what that means is that no one can testify, because a woman only sees relatives, and a woman is only seen by relatives. Often it's a family member who is perpetrating the crime, and the only other witnesses are relatives. They are the only people who would ever be privy to a woman while she was getting abused or afterwards. It's a very indirect way of saying that you can do whatever you want to the women in your family. It's essentially giving free rein to people as they'll never have to worry about prosecution.
From what you've seen in Afghanistan, what do you think that change will mean for women?
Violence is ubiquitous. I interviewed about 300 women over two years for the National Geographic story, and an extremely high percentage of them were beaten repeatedly or suffered some sort of abuse. Being beaten is pretty prevalent—it's a phenomenon that happens, I don't know why. I've often talked to my male translators about it, and they've said maybe it's a product of PTSD [post-traumatic stress disorder] or war, or that it's a cultural thing. This law will basically mean that it happens without any repercussions at all.
What's changed since 2009—why has it gone from the Law on the Elimination of Violence Against Women to this?
I think rather than starting with 2009, you should start with 2000 or 2001—the war and the fall of the Taliban. There have been advances in protecting women's rights, but a lot of them are not actually put into practice. Women don't really have a place to go if they're being abused. There are women's shelters, like those run by Women for Afghan Women, but they're not universally accepted in Afghanistan, and they're constantly under threat of attack or being closed down.
If a woman's husband is beating her on a daily basis, she can't just ask for a divorce. It's not acceptable in society. And if she does ask for a divorce, often she'll be killed by her family—because it brings shame to her family—or she'll be put in prison. I've met dozens of women in prison who've done nothing more than try to ask for a divorce. The international community is going to be pulling out of Afghanistan, and Afghans need to make decisions for themselves. If these are the decisions they're making, it's pretty terrifying. It's a very scary future for women in Afghanistan.
When you're photographing women rather than men, do you work with the camera differently?
Yes. I often don't shoot very much, and I'll keep my cameras in my bag. I'll spend a lot of time talking to people and making them feel comfortable. Then I'll get their permission, and then I'll photograph. A lot of what I'm doing when the story is very sensitive is just hanging out, and then I'll photograph very sparingly.
During your most recent visit, what were the women you were photographing communicating to you? Were you ever struck by some of the things they told you, or their impressions of you as a woman photographer?
I was there in September, on a women's story that has not yet been published, so I can't really talk about it yet. But I think my lifestyle, as a Western woman, is very confusing to an Afghan woman. Afghan women rarely leave their home or venture outside. They get married and have children, and their life revolves around the home. For years when I went to Afghanistan, the only questions they would ask me were "Are you married?" and "Do you have children?" And I answered no to both of those questions for many years. They always looked at me with these very sad expressions. They thought I would be lonely.
Educated Afghans who travel understand both worlds. But I try to be very careful as a journalist, to be very mindful of their culture and their traditions. I can't really bring my perspective or my opinion and try to impose that on anyone. But if we're talking about women's human rights abuses, if we're talking about ownership of women and basically taking away the only justice they have, then I would argue the laws are condoning and perpetuating violence against women.
Do you think the law will pass?
I don't know. Human rights organizations are making their case to Karzai and asking him not to sign it. I don't know, he's pretty irreverent these days, so I'm not sure.
When you were in women's shelters, did you see extreme violence?
Yes. Unbelievable. Extreme. I've seen women who have been burned with metal. I've seen women who have been gang-raped. I've seen women who've had their noses cut off. Everything. I mean everything. I've seen things that I never imagined a human being could do to another human being, much less a woman. I used to go to shelters routinely over the years, and almost every time I would end up in tears, paralyzed by sadness. For every step forward there are ten steps back. At some point Afghans need to decide for themselves if they want to move forward. This law, essentially, rolls back all the gains that have been made in terms of protecting women.
لالم الحقيقى مش ان التقرير ده حقيقى ولا ان كل الدول العربيه والاسلاميه فيها انتهاكات بشعه لحقوق المراه واى تعيس الحظ يوضع فى موقف ضعف فى بلادنا الحزينه ((وان كانت بنسب متفاوته نظرا لاختلاف الظروف )) ........الالم الحقيقى هو محاولة ((او مش محاوله التاكد))من السبب فيما يحدث لهؤلاء .........والالم الاكبر هو الاعتراف لنفسنا ولنفسى انا شخصيا بالسبب وبالحل..........لان ده ببساطه لا يعنى الا التخلى عن كل مايفترض اننا امنا به لسنوات ..........بدون رغى او كتر كلام ....... الاجابه معروفه واحنا اللى بنخجل من مواجهة نفسنا بها ونفضل ان نسير فى دوائر من الصراع والمعاناه لن تفضى الا الى ان ابنائنا سيلعنوننا ويلعنون مبادئنا وقيمنا وكل ما امنا به يوما ويلقونه وراء ظهورهم ...........قبل ان يحدث هذا سنكون قد اضعنا حياتنا فى اتباع ما عفى عليه الزمن
انا يمكن مجرد طالبه صغيره وماليش اى تاثير على اى حد ولا اى حاجه .........لكن انا اكيد يوم ما اشوف بنتى مستقبلا فى وضع من دول ولا بتهان حقوقها وتنتهك لمجرد انها انثى فى مجتمع من الجهله البدو ..........هكون مستحليه دم اى حد تسبب فى وصول الستات فى بلدى للوضع ده
Religious and political leaders need to be held accountable for this or things will never change. They teach boys from generation to generation this is acceptable hatred towards females. If we want to do something contructive then we need to not tolerate this hatred in our societies under the flag of being deemed as 'racist' for not accepting this part of their culture and religion, and realize that womens rights are for all colours, races and creeds! Hatred towards God's/Allah's creations, "Women", is not how we should respect our creators work!
I just cant believe this is still going on in 2014. We dont know how lucky we are living in the Western World. I feel so sorry for those Afghan women when their only crime in life according to Afghan men was to be born a female! This is shocking, and they say its religious, religion has nothing to do with it! Its just pure evil brutality against females! Its got to stop!
Women are the ones from whom the next generation comes, we are the ones who bring in new life to this earth, we are the ones who run a home 24x7, we are the like flowers of a garden and we are being treated like animals, taken for granted. In my country too, such things are happening but the extremity differs. I don't see, when is that most wanted change coming. Till when this suffering will go on, no idea. Sometimes women in my country think that a wife is destined to suffer abuse from her husband and from the so called society, in the name of culture, tradition and what not. So suffer silently till you die.
Just hoping some day things might change. When ever I hear a women or a child or anyone being abused, it just shatters me, regardless of region,country or culture. I do not know what to say, humans are losing their humanity and sometimes are becoming worser than animals.
All over the world people talk about women empowerment, women education, right to vote, stop female foeticide, stop taking dowry, dowry killings and lot more. everyone is aware of everything. But, has there been any changes after all this enlightenment ?
I have seen women being abused severely, whether they are educated or uneducated, whether they come from a lower social status or upper social status. Doesn't make any difference, where ever we are, in whatever culture you are, women are women, destined to be abused, It has become like a common belief, it has become a taboo.
How many incidents happen all over the world every single minute, any one bothers. unless an incident happens with our own. And when it happens media takes it up for 1 or 2 days. it will be sung around and then it is over as if women race cease to exist, therefore problems or issues related too cease to exist.
Can't we change this idea, that women have to be abused? Can't we make this planet a better place? Can't we all live happily as a one large race? There are multitudes of other serious problems that all of us are facing and will face. Can't we stop this kind of violence towards women and concentrate on something better?
Whatever happens in this world Human Race is only responsible, and the ones who suffer most women and children. I believe all of us can do better than this.
one day, there will be a change, one day when the Afghan people realize how much they miss out in prosperty by abusing their own blood and flesh and soul.
They, the 'Afghan' patriarch's don't want things to change for women. They enjoy the control of women and girls. They enjoy the power of bullying and the cruelty of retribution for any minor slight. I really hope that reincarnation exists and there is a role reversal!
can human right organization create an international party against this act and this way we can show the Afghan government that the whole world is against this viscous act.
People are influenced by their culture, their culture influenced by their religion and their religion influenced by culture and maintained by them. When you have such a cyclic self-sustaining system and especially those that considers women as inferior and something that men should have under his control. You can't expect equal rights or respect or justice, and they will not change without external influence or reaching a situation where their culture is impossible to bear. Most of the cases it is the former.
Talan nem mindenki rajong a rozsaszin szivecsket fogo kismacis Valentin napert es a nyugati tarsadalomban sokan mellete- ellene taborba verodnek ma 14-en. Aki nem kap az azert szomoru, aki kap az meg szidja ,hogy minek is ez a nagy felhajtas... De talan ezen a napon megemlekezhetnenk azokrol a nokrol is akiknek nem ez a legnagyobb problemaja. Akiket tizenevesen ferjhez kenyszeritenek,csonkitanak es vernek nap mint nap. Akik nem olyan szerencsesek mint mi, akik tenyleg nem unnepelnek Valentin napot! A fonti kepen lathato Afgan lanyt 12 eves koraban ferjhez adtak akit folyamatosan vert a ferje, ezert elszokott de ferje megtalalta es ezert levagta fuleit es orrat.kessobb az Usaba menekult es ott probaljak helyreallitani az arcat....A lanyoknak,noknek se parvalasztashoz,tanulashoz,feljelentheshez, valashoz nincs joga. Lenyegeben szinte az elethez sincs! Es ezek az esetek minden naposak... Talan megsem olyan szornyu ezek utan a rozsaszin felhobe csomagolt szivecskes csillamos rozsacsokoros Valentin nap, csak elfelejtettuk ertekelni, hogy kitol van es miert... /;
What this article and most people commenting fail to understand is that extremism breeds extremism. In other words, this problem is not because "Afghans are extreme misogynists", but it is that when a society endures decades of war, it becomes almost impossible to build stable and humane institutions. The extremity of the suffering experienced in war exacerbates any existing problems in a society and stunts its development. The potential for misogyny is inherent in ALL human societies, and such traits become more deeply entrenched when a culture perceives itself to be threatened from the outside. Think about it this way: say you believe you have a right to own a gun. Then someone from another country comes to your house and threatens to kill you and your family unless you give up your gun. Are you more likely to a) give up your gun without a fight, or b) defend your right to do what you believe is within your rights. Since Afghan society has been defending itself from outside invaders for nearly two centuries, it is reasonable to assume that some of the more extreme elements of its culture such as misogyny have become more deeply entrenched as a result.
Rather than simply decry and denounce such actions as barbaric (which they are), try to understand that without war imposed on them by foreign imperialist groups vying for domination over the region (going as far back as 1839), Afghan society would have been in a much better position to develop organically and peacefully under its own terms. We don't see any NatGeo articles decrying American drone strikes that kill civilians in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, or Somalia. We don't see anything condemning the American bombing of countless countries over the last 50 years. It is always someone else who is at fault, some other culture or country whose actions are barbaric and violent. We rarely admit responsibility for our own wrongdoing, but jump at every chance to demonize the transgressions of others.
By failing to understand the context and demonizing those who commit atrocities we project responsibility onto others, when, in reality, humanity as a whole is responsible for what occurs on this planet.
... ive seen pictures of Afghanistan from the 50's and 60's where women were sent to school..wore conventional clothes....had professions like doctors..teachers....only to find themselves in this century, for pete's sake..covered..sheltered...married off as children... abused by men who are supposed to be protecting them...... and now a law that will not allow relatives to stand as witness in court to these atrocities...! I am very indignant about this recent change for the worst...... in a system.... and a culture that seems to allow for the injustice to go on.... *sniff*
Thank you for sharing this. I think one of the best things we can do is educate people to what is going on. It's easy to dismiss things like this when it's not in front of your face. The world needs to stand up and put pressure Afghanistan to change their ways.
Pls read this, It is the courage of people like Lynsey that makes a difference in this world.
Are there not Human Laws? Slavery was abolished years ago, these women are nothing more than slaves to the male population. An entire country went to war, the North against the South and many gave their lives to give the slaves basic Human Rights.......are these women not worthy of the same rights? Will their own country not fight for them?
Are the Afgans human beings of the present day world ? I cannot imagine such barbaric acts by a human towards another human. The INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY should wage a war not only to establish peace in Afganistan but to restore HUMAN values there by destroying the Taliban and their barbaric law.
it's a pity and so shame this is happening in all the countries , not to mention : rape, corruption, violence, war, kidnaps, pollution, starving, desertification.......many problems and we are against all that.
we need experts, awareness, help, volunteers,
we need to be human, to respect the differences, to respect others believes , decisions and ideas.....
we need to serve and love each others without expecting anything in return
we need to have civic and environment education
we need peace in sole, peace of mind, .....world peace
Peshwaz, you are right in that violence against women happens in every country but I don't see why it's unfair to report on extreme cases. The article mostly talks about physical violence. Afghanistan is also one of the worst offenders in the world when you include psychological violence and arbitrary deprivations of liberty. Women are unequal members of society in Afghanistan and that is why physical violence is so prevalent. It is a disgrace how women are treated there
violence against women exists in every country, for example 1 out of every 4 girls in america are statistically raped, now to go around a country that you have occupied for 13 years and have continuously bombed and a another 10 years from the Russians and report on extreme cases of violence and pretend that your some civilized person is really sick, shame on all of you, for your lack of humanity,
A Frenchman said to me they should just move.
I am so sorry for this terrible thing to have happened to this woman. God forbid these atrocities. Thank you for protection and mercy and guidance and providence. Forbid these God. Please.
There should be a concerted effort to round up all afghan females and relocate them to other countries where they are safe from the torture they suffer in their own country. Leave the men to fend for themselves and maybe they'll realize what ignorant idiots they are.
@Mona Sauer There is one it's called the Human Rights Organization and the UN. But won't work as long as the UN is controlled by 5 countries to do as they please. If UN has to have true meaning the 5 superpower position must be dissolved along with their veto power.
@Vineeth Maller
Dear Vineeth ,
Such a barbaric act can only be committed by culture. Islam never ever preaches such a thing like men under control..and women being inferior. Islam severely condemns such acts. Islam gives equal rights to both men and women. This is a huge misunderstanding that the world has.. and the phase 'culture influenced by their religion' can never be applicable. This is such a horrific thing. How can one state that a religion can preach people to commit such things? Did u read it anywhere???
@N A what a sad justification for atrocities which are not exclusive to Afghan women. There has always been a stinking attitude towards women and children before there there was Big Bad Wolf Uncle Sam. Afghanistan and Pakistan don't need America to bomb and kill, they are doing it to themselves. Misogyny - a result of foreign domination? So laughable. But if it makes you feel better by all means, but please, deal with the issue- violence against women and children occur in places where America never touched.
@N A would you elaborate the point you are trying to make by 'gun theory'.
It's right that afghans have been fighting against foreign for a long time now and It may account for their aggression against western culture but I don' t see how that justifies the misogyny.
@N A you are darn right, sir (or ma´m).
@Joy Flores War changes things for better or for worse. Afgahnistan just didn't get the better from the war, instead they were pushed more backwards. Afghanistan was once regarded as a jewel of Asia now people just don't seem to talk anything good about it.
here's a video you should refer plus the uploader's thoughts.
@Linda Holland This is exactly wrong. This article is misleading in numerous ways. And 'the world' (Russian, British, American governments) putting pressure on Afghanistan is exactly what has been happening for nearly two centuries, and is the main cause of the problems the Afghan people endure today. Please understand the history of the situation before judging Afghanistan as a whole.
If you really want to help, educate yourself about the history of your own governments actions in other countries. If you are American, read up on what the American military and intelligence agencies actually DO (not what politicians SAY they do) in executing its foreign policy objectives. Hint: it involves covert action, bombing, assassinations, overthrowing democratically elected governments, support of brutal dictatorships, training death squads in torture and assassination techniques, support of terrorist groups to destabilise governments etc.)
Here are a few links to get you started:
This is not to say that the USA is the 'cause' of all the problems in the world. I simply wish to point out that most Americans believe that their government, while it may make mistakes from time to time, is essentially pursuing the noble goals of peace, freedom and democracy around the world, when in fact, the goal is simply 'full-spectrum dominance', regardless of the social or environmental costs.
@Dibakar Swain "Many rural Afghans have come to trust the Taliban's extensive judicial network over government courts to "solve disputes in a fair war, without tribal or ethnic bias, or more commonly, without having to pay bribes". "Ordinary people turned to Taliban courts in search of justice less corrupt than the system imposed by outsiders." says Graeme Smith, a Kabul- based senior analyst at the International Crisis Group.
women were not prone to rape in times of taliban like they do now.
do you know that the U.S. and NATO forces wiped out villages in Afghanistan, Do you know that these forces you support still bomb these innocent afghans during weddings because they accuse them with the Taliban when they're not, most people who die in these wedding are mostly children and women and their numbers of deaths sometimes tops 100,
If you tell me the Taliban had no human rights then even the current government dosent have human rights too because they kill & rape the same women for whom they show so much concern..
Do, go with what media tells you, look at facts..
@Dibakar Swain wage a war so they stop killing each other... yeah, that sounds like a good idea. Hey... doesn't war mean more people will die?! You know, I guess it's because of people who think like you that all this happens. "Ah, she insulted me, I'll cut her nose off so she doesn't dare do that again!". See the similarities?
@Dibakar Swain you keep lord Buddha as your profile picture and go on talking about waging war. Wow you are quite the follower of buddhism.
@Dibakar Swain Wage a war to kill people so we can stop barbarism? You're an idiot.
@Monica Luchak I don't think that it would be best to criticize whole afgani people for that. I hate those people who don't respect humanity, but blaming the entire nation for some of it's citizen's crime is not a wise thing to do. Changes come with time and time alone heals the rest.
I hope you understand that she is actually trying to help. Yes, violence against women does exist, do you know why? It's because most are busy blaming or spotting mistakes of others to hide themselves from shame. It's not okay to ignore a problem; it's not okay to be cowards and not fight against injustice.
@Peshwaz Waise Shame on you, at least she is doing something about this tragedy, and you?
@Peshwaz Waise Shame on you, at least she is doing something about this tragedy, and you? lack of humanity? you are soooo stupid.
@charlene jessamine I am not a French woman, but I am an American, and that was my thought exactly! Move the women and their children out of that country. Then I thought they should also burn it to the ground and start all over again..., and put a female government in place!
@Jean Smith The problem though is that most of them will never leave their homes, their country, because it is part of their culture, their upbringing and and their very being. These women love family and their husbands even if they are being treated like animals by the people who should be reciprocating the love they are giving. It is really ironic that love is hurting these women, it just breaks hearts.
The Koran has been translated into at least 200 languages. Many, many "infidels' have read it. It is no longer possible for individuals like yourself to assure "infidels" that Islam gives equal rights to men and women when Islam's holy book clearly does the opposite.
I repeat: We "infidels" have read your Koran and it is obvious that Islam enforces the subservient, second-class inferior status of women and girls.
The Koran itself would be enough proof of Islam's backward, primitive subjugation of women and girls. However, when "infidels" are made aware of the cruel, brutal, and primitive treatment of women and girls who live in the Islamic world, the facts of Islam's injustice against the female half of humanity becomes even more horribly obvious.
I repeat: We read Koran and there is no way to deny how lsam's holy book denigrates women and girls. We observe how women and girls suffer in the Islamic world, which is proof that where Islam dominates, women and girls are cruelly subjugated.
If Islam was against this practice it would not happen. Islam forms the culte and the government. Look at how all Islamic women are treated. Like property. Despicable...
@Andrei Mihalache Thank you.
Unfortunately, people reading this and sharing it believe they are learning about the world and sharing important information, but the perspective this article and the countless others like it put forward is misguided and far too narrow. This kind of 'journalism' perpetuates intercultural misunderstanding and the selective remembering of history, to the disservice of humanity and the benefit of a select few who profit from war and human servitude.
@N A @Linda Holland Yes, but in America not many women get their noses and ears cut off by a husband who knows he will never have to answer to it in a court of law.
@Saugat Khadka if only this were an isolated case...one out of a hundred..but we all know that this is a norm in their culture.....so yes, i will put the blame on the whole afghan nation for allowing this to go on...... A LAW is being passed.....that involves a country's legislation....so tell me now? should we not blame the whole country for this?
@Deanna Drost @charlene jessamine That is so unfeasible... And also the "burn it to the ground" part... so civilized, way to go... Trying to let people know of the atrocities happening there and trying to help and protect the victims is one thing, but suggesting more violence should be used to remedy things is just wrong.
@Laura Wrzeski @Manognya Chakrapani I believe what happened in middle eastern women is the case of their culture, not their religion (Islam). If you want to know how moslems should treat their women, come to Indonesia, The biggest moslems population in the world.
And you said you've read Quran? please tell me which Surah or Ayah that said how moslems should treat their women?
because what I know, after 24 years being a moslem, we must treat women as our precious thing. Men only more superior from women on the case of their fragility, women more fragile than men that's why men should protect their women, not the opposite (being protected by women). on the rest of the cases, women and men have the same position in their public order.
@Rebecca Merritt @N A @Linda Holland Women in the US may not have their noses or ears cut off but misogyny is just as prevalent here. The grim fact is that women who are brutally raped almost never see justice done.
Women in abusive relationships are beaten repeatedly and while the abuser may go to jail for a few days the abusers return more determined to punish. Everyday there are stories on the news chronicling events where this person or that went on a murder spree because they wanted to kill the wife, the ex-wife, the mother-in-law, the new boyfriend. Most stay and take the abuse to protect their children or their families who are often threatened with death by the abusers. The few brave enough to prosecute find that our legal system sets them up to fail. Even when the abuser attempted to murder their victim, the victims often find themselves in prison for having the audacity to defend themselves if the abuser dies in the struggle.
That said, Afghanistan has not developed organically and unfortunately, as always happens in wild west societies women and children often become the targets of uber violent behavior. It just so happens that in this case an antiquated and perverted version of Islam has become the excuse used to justify inhumane behavior.
@Joy Flores Yes the law you say has been passed through the parliament but it will not officially be effective until the president signs it. I also know that this gives a huge boost to the people involved in women abuse. I'm not saying that i support it, like you I'm also against such inhumane practice. But if you become rational and think about it Afghanistan would not want more trouble from the international community so i don't think that the president would do such a thing as legalizing domestic violence. There is a saying in my country 'Some people strike their own foot with an axe', i don't suppose that he is stupid enough to do that. Furthermore Afghanistan has also signed EVAW law
you could find it here. it's progress is slow but atleast it is in effect. As i told earlier change is not drastic it takes time. some may take less time whereas others may take more. You should not only see the negative in things. A glass whose half is filled with water is half empty as well as half full.
the main thing which has caused this all is the lack of education, the only reason for that is the cold war and foreign interference. if you look at the current scenario of the world then you will see that maximum of the countries with foreign interference are suffering from the same crisis.
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I told another lie today
And I got through this day
No one saw through my games
I know the right words to say
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"I ate before I came"
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beautiful | Reviewer: survivor | 4/4/14
I'm 21 now, I'm engaged with a beautiful daughter.
I weigh 8st and I'm getting there now.
At school I was never popular, I'd cut myself and cry myself to sleep every night. I felt my life was spiralling downwards out of control. I tried everything to fit in, then I stopped eating, and all of a sudden I felt in control of my life. people noticed me and I felt amazing and I felt like I mattered. Little did I know people noticed me because I looked ill, and my skeletal frame. I battled with anorexia for 3 years. Amazingly this song gave me the strength to get help. I've been well for 2 years now, but every day is still a battle.
Just remember, you are not alone and there are people out there who know what is happening and what you're going through and you can beat it.
iChubby | Reviewer: :( | 3/28/14
I am 12 and I weigh 142.5 lbs and I feel chubby I am not fat at all other than my huge thighs, my stomach so big I look pregnant, and a tiny bit of a double chin. I have been considering starving myself and I did it for 2 days but I lost NOTHING AT ALL WHATSOEVER. :( I listen to this song and I feel like... I'm not alone. :') but in school I am bullied and I wear a coat all the time to hide most of my fat. I just remember I am not alone.
I dont know what to do.. | Reviewer: Bree | 8/28/13
Im Bree and Im 15. I weigh 180lbs. I self harm and Im addicted to the pain. I tried starve before but food always gets me. Last night I was told by the guy that I was kinda sorta talking to, that Id be perfect for him if Id lose my fat. I cried so much. This used to be a trigger song for me to self harm because of my appearance. Ive been struggling from self hate for 5 years now. Its an on going battle.
I read most of yall posts and I love every single one of you. Im not going to say what everyone else says.."that its going to be okay" because the truth is, sometimes things arent okay.
We all have a struggle and I want to be there to tell you all that I AM HERE. Im not going to leave your side. If you EVER have ANYTHING to say or to express or just need someone.
KIK me @ differentscream1118.
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Please be open to me if you ever need ANYTHING.
I care and love you all.
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wanna be beautiful <3 | Reviewer: kassidy | 5/13/13
i used to be bullied in school all my life until i started home schooling. all those hurtful words of being called fat & ugly. weird & stupid. but all those words never left. im about 4'8 feet tall & i use to weigh about 125lbs. i started loosing weight a healthy way and lost 30 lbs. then when i was 105 i still felt the need to be thinner. i still didn't have a thin stomach & to me my thighs where huge. so i started eating only supper & doing a lot of activity's. i then lost another 10 lbs. im now 95 lbs & yet again i feel huge. its like a never ending war with myself. im 15 now & i started skipping all the meals i could & tried to throw up my food. after i eat i feel soo guilty but..i just want people to like me..i just want to feel beautiful xoxo
Toothbrush | Reviewer: Fatty McFatgirl | 5/1/13
I am 12 years old and im 186 pounds. I hate how i look *sniffles* i am 4'11 and i want to get skinny! All the boys at my school touch me and they play with my fat. Its so embrassing i hate it. i eat mcdonalds all day then at night when everyone is sleeping i stick a toothbrush in my mouth 3 times so i through up. I feel wonderful. I've been doing this for 2 months now and im already 83.5 . My mother wonders "whats going on" and i respond shut up the fuck up. She feels sad and buys me more food which is why i hate her. I want her to be me so she can see how it feels. I hate my life but i love food. So dont ever in your entire life let boys touch you and make fun of you its embrassing you will hate it *sniffles*
best friend | Reviewer: sally | 3/28/13
my besr friend just got anorexia (shes in hospital getting professonal help) and i have no idea what to do i feel worthless and like i cannot help! i know it is 100000 times worst for her, but i want to support her and help her get better but i have no clue how to do that :/
life with no food | Reviewer: madelyn | 12/10/12
hey gurls, im madelyn and im 13 years old, i am currently 5'4 and i weigh just under 90 pounds. i have been struggling with anorexia for just about a year. when i was 12 i had a height of 5'3 and i weighed just about 140. i knew i felt gross and i wanted to be able to go to the beach in a bikini when summer rolled around. so all of my 7th grade summer i was on a strict diet of about 1200 calories a day and 1 hour of running. after 1 month went by i saw little results in my figure but the scale said i was 130, my target weight was 115. all i thought was "omg, my summer is half over and i still look like a bucket of fat" i was always pinching my stomach fat and jiggling my thighs. so after 1 week i only lost 1 pound i decided to go DRASTIC, i stopped eating all together. occasionally i would eat a handful of nuts but after i saw the calorie count on them i stopped that too. with only 3 weeks left until school i HAD to do this. i lived off of only tea and 2 pieces of fruit a day, i started to weigh myself every day. as 1 more week flew by i was happy to find that i lost 10 pounds and i was 120, however i STILL couldn't see any change in the mirror. my family was concerned and started watching my weight as they measured me on the scale every night. little did they know that i had 6 ankle weights on :). as i kept losing weight they called the doctor and i was soon diagnosed with anorexia. but still to this day i cant see myself in my mirror as skinny. so i still diet.
My history | Reviewer: Shareth | 10/16/12
Well, as many of you girls,i feel fat and wanna be skinny and those things, like everybody! isn't it?... However i think stop eating or take away the food is not the best way to get it.... i mean do you girls really want to die? and don't enjoy yourself? you want to live without teeth? and without friends, family, hair? to be PERFECT? I'm sorry, i think something like that, that is not healthy and cause you any pain or hurt, is not good or even perfect..... And the last thing.... I know I'm not perfect, but at the end of the day... who is?... You were born this way! don't let anyone makes you change your way to be! or lees to eat! Proncess eat!... when have you seen disndey princees vomiting? cinderella went to a dinner and ate enough to be perfect! Be a cinderella! eat enough! :)
Almost Eating Disorder... | Reviewer: Gissele | 9/21/12
My name is Gissele; I'm 17, and thankfully I don't struggle with any eating disorders. I was just starting a special "diet" that my friend recommended where I would eat tiny ammounts, and then the next day I would have to eat less. I did this for about four weeks, and finally got used to eating small portions, and sometimes all I would eat would be an apple or a bag of skittles. Then one day I went to my youth group at church like usual and all the girls were telling me how good I looked. I got kinda offended when none of the boys said anything, and so it was the same every week, I would show up at church and the girls would compliment me and ask me how I lost so much weight, I didn't want to tell them though, because as much as I liked being skinny, something was telling me the way I was doing it was wrong, so I didn't tell them. Then finally one of the boys pulled me aside and asked me how I was. I was kind of shocked because they were kind of ignoring me since I'd started "dieting". He just talked to me normal and joked around, until he told me that him and a couple of his friends were going to Denny's for a late breafast the next day he invited me and I said yes, he then started discribing the pancakes and eggs and just listing all of the greasy foods, and I couldn't help but gag. He asked if I was okay, and said yes. Our youth pastor's wife just happened to be watching and asked if she could speak to me privately. We went inside and she started asking me about my weight loss, I thought she just wanted to know what special "diet" I was doing, so she could do it herself, and even though I couldn't tell my friends I knew I could tell her and without thinking I blurted out me and my friends plan. She just listened with a sympathetic look on her face. Finally when I was done she told me that what I was doing was wrong and that I needed to stop. At first I was angry and I just thought she was jealous, stupid I know. She asked me why I was doing this and I was dumbfounded, because then I realized I really didn't have a purpose for starving myself and she told me even it I did think I was fat there were different healthier ways for me to gain weight.
I realized she was right and I was just hurting myself.
So even though I don't have an eating disorder, I was close.
I hope this is an encouragement not to give up and keep moving forward.
I love you. God loves you! God bless! <3
tired of being called fat ;c | Reviewer: Cheyy | 7/24/12
My names Cheyy and I dont like how i look, at all, 5'5. 14 years old, 135 pounds and i hate it, i got really sick with the norwalk virus and lost 10 pounds ;c i just wanna be beautiful, you can tell me i am but i dont feel like i am, no matter how mucch you say, i want a flat stomach i hate it so much i just wanna be beautiful, just so beautiful like my friends, i wanna be skinny and wear all the cute clothes im tired of being called ugly and fat :c
Inspired to go on | Reviewer: Scared | 2/25/12
It is truly an inspiring song. I struggle from Anorexia and Bulimia. I recently almost passed out and now my friend who i've been talking to about this is having a difficult time being near me. I don't know what to do and I don't want to make things worse. But it's killing me inside to know I hurt them. This song reminds me I have to be strong. That everything my friend did was not in vain. I need to know that they will talk to me again. When I just want to die it helps to listen to this song.
ED's are not fun! | Reviewer: Anonymous | 1/4/12
Im 17, 5'2" and (currently) 85.6 pounds. Ill be 18 in February (2012) and Im not sure how long Ive had this ED but its apparently been a long time. I see myself as fat. Huge. Humongous. I hate it. I constantly weigh and measure myself and such. The highest Ive ever been was 94 and that was while i was in treatment for an attempted suicide. They said I had EDNOS (at 90 lbs when I first went in) but at a different hospital earlier in the year, I was maybe 86(?) and the doctor said I had anorexia. When I encountered the doctor again at a different hospital he works at, I asked why he said I had anorexia and he said that I shouldn't obsess over what eating disorder I have, just that I have one. It bothers me. I want to know! I don't really eat that much. A big plate full of food makes me disgusted and I cant really get more than 8 bites and be through with it. I have to see the plate. I have to see my bones too. My ribs need to stick out further than my stomach. I hate the little pudge thats there, even though theres a possibility thats skin, I dont care. I still hate it. I would get size 0 jeans but our walmart doesnt carry them and the little kids sections I think only goes to 16, and theyre all bedazzled. I can still fit into jeans I had from middle school to 10th or 11th grade. Those are size 10 (in kids) and 16 (in kids). It bothers me greatly that I have never passed out.
But anyways, this song is amazing and is basically exactly how I feel about things...
i love this song so much. | Reviewer: the grinchette | 12/19/11
it really does make you feel better about yourself. i know everyday i pray that i'll wake up and weigh what i did this exact time last year, but unfortunately that is not really an option unless someone comes up with a super diet- thing. i don't know, when i listen to this i just feel so much less.. alone.
eating disorder | Reviewer: anonymous | 12/19/11
This song... this is exactly how I feel! I have struggled with bulimia for a couple of months now. I must admit it was really hard and painful. It still is. But, you have to know that I'm far, very far away from being fat. I'm just obsessed with perfection. Not that long ago, I used to eat six meals a day. Throwing up was so painful, so I just stopped doing it. However, I never stopped eating... Until recently. Now, I'm trying to eat less and less. I didn't eat anytghing for the past twenty-three hours. If I told people about this, they wouldn't understand. But, for me, it shows that I am strong. That I can fight this need to always eat.
I would really like to talk with someone who is going through the same thing as I am... So if you want to talk about this or about anything else: email@example.com
i dnt know what to do | Reviewer: Anonymous | 12/15/11
I've been dealing with bulimia for the past 3 years.. I've never felt happy about the way i look. I would eat when i was sad and then i just started to gain weight so every time i was sad i would eat and then feel incredibly guilty for doing that so i decided to throw up. I knew it wasnt ok put i didnt care i would think that was much better to do that than being fat.. It all started because i had so many problems and mainly i've always lack confidence..still have.. I got to the point i would do that after every mealnot only after eating when i was sad. Then i felt so bad i i cried my eyes out at night because i felt bad for what i did and for feeling ugly fat and everything. All i thought about was how many carbs had the food i ate or was going to eat and thought it doesnt matter cuz anyway im gonna puke.. I told my best friend and he's was the only person that knew about it until 1 month ago that i told a friend who's dealing with the same.. It's horrible i always cry because i feel bad with the way i look.. I dnt puke as i used to do im tryng to stop but its difficult and i never want to tell my parents. They will be so disapointed if they knew and i dnt want to go into treatment.im depressed and dnt know what to do to.. Sometimes i just want to dissapear.. I wish i never did that in the fisrt place.. Bulimia ruined my life