sapphi_snake said:
Western bias indeed. Truth is that it's often for behaviours that are viewed as negative by society to be tagged as "mental illness" (homosexuality is a great example, and narcisism is probably even a better one - yes, it was considered a a mental disorder not too long ago). Now this man's actions aren't tolerated even within his native culture, but it could be that cultural his cultural indictrination regarding gender roles have determined him to beleive that acting like this is justifiable. As for your second paraghraph, well I'm quite sure poeple don't go throwing acid in eachother's faces everday, so it's probably not common that they apply such punishment. The whole point is that they DO apply such punishment and certain situations, and that's the outrageous part that warrants attention. |
I know that it's probably influenced by culture that this man probably think he can behave this way, but ultimately his behaviour is not tolerated.
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I was speaking in a more general sense. If he had cut her legs off and as a punishment his legs were cut off, that kind of punishment would still raise the same attention for the same reasons. And yes, that they have applied this punishment is the outrageous part.