Virginity finally pays off!
Hold on to your chastity ladies: the Prime Minister of Uganda has promised to pay university fees for all girls who remain virgins until they leave school."The criterion is that a student must be a virgin and from Kayunga district," he told the state-owned New Vision.Parading as a national health programme, the virginity pledge is allegedly a way for Uganda, a country stricken with HIV/AIDS, to cut down the number of infections. However, something about his whole thing reeks of misogyny to me. Bbaale County MP Sulaiman Madada said any girl in his district who wanted to take part in the scheme aimed at promoting girls' education would be given a gynecological examination by health workers to check they were virgins.And because we all know that chicks are significantly sluttier than dudes and therefore more valuable to society, the MP did not extend the offer to young men. Thanks Steve. (for the link). |
posted by stimulate this at 10:55 AM
Comments on "Virginity finally pays off!"
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Anonymous said ... (20/7/05 11:35 AM) :
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stimulate this said ... (20/7/05 11:53 AM) :
post a commenthmmm maybe they could just discriminate against people with AIDS and not give them scholarships (ya know pass your finals pass your blood test and then get your diploma)--oh wait somebody might find that to be offensive and discriminatory! So let's stick with exploiting women's vaginas instead.
For real, right! I mean, as if this could even remotely be passed off as a health initiative--are they INSANE!?!
But seriously, I think you bring up a good point, which is the naturalization of abusing women's human rights. It's so clear when the rights of everyone else--men, AIDS victims, children, just to name a few--are violated, but it seems to be completely overlooked when it comes to women. Rights? What rights?