Wednesday, May 16, 2001
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Wednesday, May 16, 2001 |
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Some girls have real problems Ms. Greer should take time to count her blessings instead of complaining about what her daughter can wear to school. She should say a prayer of thanksgiving that her daughter is able to go to school in Fayette County and have the opportunity to choose from a closet full of clothes. While Ms. Greer rants and raves about the oppressive dress code her daughter must endure, a young child must endure another sleepless night battling the oppressive hunger she suffers day after day. While Ms. Greer complains about going from store to store in search of shorts that meet the dress code, little girls are forced into prostitution because their family cannot support them. Other young girls throughout the world can only dream about school as they are forced to work long hours for very little pay in sweatshops to help support their families. While Ms. Greer protests that her daughter is inhumanely forced to wear jeans in 85-degree weather as she sits in an air-conditioned school, a young woman in Afghanistan is forced to hide behind heavy dark robes called burkas and see the world through the netting that covers her face. Another young woman seeks refuge in prison to avoid being killed by her own family members to restore the family honor because she was brutally raped, and yet another young girl is forced to undergo a horrific genital mutilation. Ms. Greer's daughter is probably one of the luckiest girls in the world if all she has to worry about is whether her sleeveless shirt meets the dress code. A. M. Muska
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