Althouse: "These women have been treated like cattle."

October 30, 2014

"These women have been treated like cattle."

"They have been subjected to physical and sexual violence, including systematic rape and sex slavery. They've been exposed in markets in Mosul and in Raqqa, Syria, carrying price tags."

39 comments:

Just asking questions (Jaq) said...: Not our business. ISIS is just "nation building" the same way we Americans did during the Indian Wars.; 10/30/14, 11:08 AM
Just asking questions (Jaq) said...: Don't worry, Crack's got this. ISIS only "imagines her to be a slave."; 10/30/14, 11:15 AM
Larry J said...: I'm sure NOW will be all over this. They might even create a #HashtagOfDeath to show how displeased they are about the poor treatment of these women. Yep, they'll be right on it...any day now.; 10/30/14, 11:19 AM
SteveR said...: COEXIST people! Its all good.; 10/30/14, 11:29 AM
mccullough said...: Why isn't the headline, the men have been executed and the women have been treated like cattle?

This woman's father and brother were shot. Don't they matter, too?; 10/30/14, 11:29 AM
Ignorance is Bliss said...: They have been subjected to physical and sexual violence, including systematic rape and sex slavery. They've been exposed in markets in Mosul and in Raqqa, Syria, carrying price tags.

Yeah, but have they had to walk through NYC and have men compliment their appearance? 'Cause that would be really bad.; 10/30/14, 11:30 AM
Fernandinande said...: An old boss admitted that he treated cattle like women.; 10/30/14, 11:31 AM
Ann Althouse said...: Link fixed. Sorry.; 10/30/14, 11:32 AM
Eeyore Rifkin said...: But did anybody say "Have a nice evening"?

Colonel Jessup was unavailable for comment.; 10/30/14, 11:33 AM
NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...: Some of the comments on that story are amazing! There's one commenter pointing out that slavery existed in the US when the Constitution, so that makes what ISIS is doing ok because Islam is like a 7th Century constitution for Muslims.

The mind boggles!; 10/30/14, 11:39 AM
Anonymous said...: As long as they're treating the women like cattle anyway, they might as well make them carry mattresses on their backs.; 10/30/14, 11:40 AM
Anonymous said...: Just a distraction from the real war on women in the US. Just ask Debbie Wasserman.; 10/30/14, 11:43 AM
Larry J said...: mccullough said...
Why isn't the headline, the men have been executed and the women have been treated like cattle?

This woman's father and brother were shot. Don't they matter, too?

Of course not. Men are expendable.; 10/30/14, 11:47 AM
Krumhorn said...: I don't get it. We can mount a massive campaign in the US to redefine 'rape', and when the real thing appears, we can't be bothered to get our asses back over there and fix what we broke.

One thing is a certainty: W would have handled this far differently, and yet Republicans would still be charged with a war on women.

I'd say this is a pretty good example of a war on women and Obama owns it.

- Krumhorn; 10/30/14, 11:59 AM
HoodlumDoodlum said...: Is anyone carrying mattresses to raise awareness for these women, though? I mean, if not, how can there really be a problem? Probably just a fake report.; 10/30/14, 12:04 PM
HoodlumDoodlum said...: mccullough said...
Why isn't the headline, the men have been executed and the women have been treated like cattle?

This woman's father and brother were shot. Don't they matter, too?

Wow, report to the re-education center pronto, buddy.; 10/30/14, 12:06 PM
Peter said...: Well, at least we know the Islamic Republic isn't Islamic.; 10/30/14, 12:11 PM
Alexander said...: And here we see what a real rape culture looks like, and not the one that fuels the feverish fantasies of feministas.

Still, those same feminists and liberals are fully in favor of MORE IMMIGRATION, so maybe one day this dream can become their reality!

As an aside, bet you there are a couple of poor bastards (and more than a couple dead bastards) who suddenly have a new-found value in the idea of the common man owning as many guns as he pleases.; 10/30/14, 12:15 PM
Anonymous said...: "Some of the comments on that story are amazing!"

I have waded in that sewer. Indeed it is amazing. Hundreds of comments and no empathy at all for the woman. Just a condemnation of Christianity (!) and Judaism (implied) and the US (some tidbit, it seems american males had the "right" to rape their wives who were no better than "slaves") and some BS that ISIS is on a different timeline and as such will get slavery out of its system any century now (probably when they have forbidden "religion"). The fact that ISIS is reintroducing slavery doesn't mean a thing. This women's suffering doesn't mean a thing for them. And if you think of it, these are supposed to be the people with "empathy". These are the people who will weep crocodile tears for say Salem but who have no tears at all for today.

People ask questions about how Germany could have degenerated in Nazism. Well, if people like most of those commenters are the norm we will find out.; 10/30/14, 12:26 PM
damikesc said...: Noting this makes one sexist and/or racist.; 10/30/14, 12:31 PM
sunsong said...: This is heartbreaking, hard to read. Thanks for helping to raise awareness about it.; 10/30/14, 12:33 PM
damikesc said...: Reading some of the comments on that CNN story...do they ever stop blasting Christianity in a story about a Muslim group enslaving Muslims?; 10/30/14, 12:33 PM
Sebastian said...: According to an anonymous administration official, Obama and his advisers are seething with "red-hot anger."; 10/30/14, 12:35 PM
Julie C said...: The article was tough to read, and the comments were horrible. Awful, awful people. And some of the worst comments were from atheists, imagine that.; 10/30/14, 12:42 PM
RecChief said...: Religion of Peace, Dammit!!!; 10/30/14, 12:50 PM
n.n said...: A recurring incidence of noble savages.; 10/30/14, 1:13 PM
Known Unknown said...: Muslim Martin Luther (wherever you are), call your office!; 10/30/14, 1:47 PM
viator said...: Qur'an (33:50) - "O Prophet! We have made lawful to thee thy wives to whom thou hast paid their dowers; and those (slaves) whom thy right hand possesses out of the prisoners of war whom Allah has assigned to thee"; 10/30/14, 1:50 PM
rhhardin said...: Feminism is women treated like sheep.; 10/30/14, 1:58 PM
David said...: Price tags?

Just so long as it's based on inner qualities and not physical appearance.

(Why do I respond this with a joke? Why do so many others?)

Hint: It's not because we think its funny.; 10/30/14, 2:32 PM
Big Mike said...: Apparently Obama and the Democrats are perfectly okay with this. Why does it bother you, Althouse?; 10/30/14, 2:47 PM
Big Mike said...: @damikesc, the Yazidi people are not Muslims.

But I think you're on track. The only way liberals will respect Christians is if the Christians stop turning the other cheek and start going all "old testament" on them.; 10/30/14, 2:55 PM
Shanna said...: I don't get it. We can mount a massive campaign in the US to redefine 'rape', and when the real thing appears, we can't be bothered to get our asses back over there and fix what we broke.

This whole story makes me angry and heartbroken. What can we do? The government we put in refuses to help them, they left them to their fate. And idiots are going to continue talking about the so called republican 'waronwomen' bullshit. They went on like crazy people because romney had a fucking binder of potential candidates to hire and they don't give two shits about these people whose family were killed and who are now going to be passed around to whatever man wants them.

Madness. The world is mad.; 10/30/14, 2:59 PM
traditionalguy said...: The Muslims are mad at the weak. Like most such murder gangs they truly enjoy blood sacrificing of despised infidels especially seeing their fears as the Muslim's dull knives starts its slow sawing off of a

head that has dared to reject Allah.; 10/30/14, 3:57 PM
Anonymous said...: Can we fix this with a "Shit in"?

If we fix the bathrooms, everything else will fall into place.

Right?; 10/30/14, 4:55 PM
Just asking questions (Jaq) said...: Islam only preaches war against those who transgress against them. Of course rejecting Islam is a transgression.; 10/30/14, 5:03 PM
Jupiter said...: "One should remember that enslaving the families of the kuffar -- the infidels -- and taking their women as concubines is a firmly established aspect of the Shariah, or Islamic law," the group announced in the ISIS publication "Dabiq."

Next time you encounter a "moderate" Muslim, ask it if Mohammed was wrong to "marry" the wives and daughters of the men he killed on the battlefield.; 10/30/14, 5:36 PM
Achilles said...: Obama pulled out all of the people who stuck up for these women.

The rest of the progressives smeared us. They cheered our deaths and used the dead as political props.

Now they own this. This is Obama's fault. Just like when they lost Vietnam here while the soldiers were winning there. You can choose to lose to evil. You can choose not to fight. But you own the results.; 10/30/14, 9:52 PM
southcentralpa said...: This. Walking as a woman in New York for ten hours. Compare and contrast.; 10/31/14, 5:52 AM