Corrective Rape

What is corrective rape?
It is the vicious practice of raping lesbians to ‘cure’ their sexuality. NO, you are not alone in thinking 'This cannot be possibly true.

Until my friend sent me the link to Millicent Gaika's story, I had never heard of such madness. This is an extremely inhumane crime and I can't for the life of me believe such ignorance. As human beings, we know that using force is not an insentive to change a person's mind- we want to do what we want to do.

Corrective rape made me think of the ever long arguement- are we born with our sexuality or does our environment act as an influence. The issue of corrective rape proves that there are some who see sexuality, or rather homosexuality as a defect. In countries such as Jamaica and Uganda, homesexuality is taken has a serious crime that often leads to prosecution...in the form of burning or severe beating that can lead to death.

Religion plays a huge part in the 'fight against homosexuality'. I have been in the presence of muslims while they proudly professed their hatred and disgust towards homosexuality. The Vatican considers it delictum gravius (grave sin). As a Christian I was taught that a man takes a wife and together, they live forever so naturally, a small part of me sticks with my faith while a bigger part of me is aware that a person is allowed to do what ever makes them happy as long as it's not causing harm to others.

Religion sometimes does not practise what it preaches. The 2004 John Jay Report based on a study of 10,667 allegations against 4,392 priests accused of engaging in sexual abuse of a minor between 1950 and 2002 Around 81 percent of these victims were male. Taking into consideration that the leaders of my faith are constatnly being exposed of child molestation and are the subject of many such jokes, then they should really practise what they preach or be silent on the matter.

To conlude, I can count the number of 'happy couple' I know using only half of my ten fingers and though I do not know any gay married couples (mostly becaue they are not legally allowed to) we can all agree that the world is starving for love so we should not condemn people for their such choices.

Click http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_corrective_rape/?rc=fb to sign the petition against corrective rape.

The Critics Are At It...Again

Following the 7 million ratings second episode of Channel 4's Big Fat Gypsy Weddings, I read some bizarre reviews to what I think is an enlightening programme. Critics sometimes don't 'get the message', but instead choose to scrutinize the less important details.

The views of Shelagh Fogarty, BBC presenter on the Nicky Campbell Radio Five show, were not unlike what most audience, including myself thought of the episode:

“I was astonished to see six-year-old girls in boob tubes, miniskirts, high heels and more make-up than you could shake a stick at, receiving communion for the first time in their lives. It seemed so bizarre.”

Another critic, who I think missed the bigger picture, wrote: “This week, we had little girls with the carefully honed hip movements of thirty-year-old prostitutes.”

The most astonishing aspect of the programme was not the midrif bearing 8 year-olds or the costumes (though that is a close second) instead, it was the fact that a community of people were forced out of their homes. They were forced out of homes they built, on land they paid good money for because they failed to get planning permits.

The travellers (as they preffered to be called) were refused these permits too many times to ignore the fact that they were being discriminated against. Another shocking matter is that the council did not offer them alternative homes or a solution to their problem. Instead families: young and old, were cast on the streets and those that prosted were literally dragged out of the way. It seems the world is apparently still not very tolerant.

I especially found the programme interesting because it opened the window to a subculture I otherwise would have none little or nothing aboout. Whether Chanel 4 had the same incentive or not, people are still watching.

A short read...

...to explain the transition of my blogging.
The matters I write about have changed because I have changed. Over the past three years, I have grown more experienced and enlightened and focused. I will not only be blogging for the fun of writing but to educate myself and others. More importantly, I will be posting more than I previously did and give the readers substancial reading material. Good times (: