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Obscene II
Garen Yegparian
BY GAREN YEGPARIAN
Evidently, it wasn't enough that we learned about the trafficking of
women from Armenia for use as prostitutes in the Persian Gulf states
from the exposé done by Ara Manoogian some seven years ago. No doubt,
this odious practice continues.
Nor, apparently, was it enough to be treated to the profoundly
rankling reality of women from Armenia entering the sex trade in
Turkey. This, too, probably continues unabated, though I haven't heard
much about it recently. But, guess what, a school in Constantinople
is being (re)built to serve the numerous Armenian children who have
been added to our community's ranks in that city. Guess where they
arrived from.
Of course it was clearly not enough to have to digest the sobering
reality that Armenians fire-bombed a bar frequented by other Armenians
whose sexual orientation the attackers deemed inappropriate.
Now we get to relish the selling of young Armenian women as brides to
Persians or Turks in Iran. While this may have been OK long ago, it's
hardly so today. How can selling a person be acceptable? I'd like to
think this is not true, but unfortunately, it seems all too plausible!
The story I heard was of someone going back to visit his home town in
northern Iran and being invited by old friends to visit and reminisce.
Over the meal, the hosts proudly told this fellow that they had gotten
brides from Armenia, not just one, but TWO. They also mentioned paying
a pretty penny for them. The practice of paying a bride price is
evidently more common in polygamous societies where, understandably, a
relative scarcity of women relative to men is created.
Brain drain, expatriation for work (today's version of the 19th
century's `bantoukhd'), and now a bride drain; what's next, selling
babies? Or maybe that's already happening and I don't know about it.
Just STOP! Armenia's authorities have to start acting like a
government and not a band of marauding, looting, ravaging nomads! The
ongoing immiseration of the bulk of the Republic of Armenia's
population quite naturally leads to all these reprehensible, sad, and
desperate actions. Let's browbeat this government into acting
responsibly or contribute to a fundamental change in leadership come
the presidential elections this winter.
http://asbarez.com/106844/obscene-ii/
Garen Yegparian
BY GAREN YEGPARIAN
Evidently, it wasn't enough that we learned about the trafficking of
women from Armenia for use as prostitutes in the Persian Gulf states
from the exposé done by Ara Manoogian some seven years ago. No doubt,
this odious practice continues.
Nor, apparently, was it enough to be treated to the profoundly
rankling reality of women from Armenia entering the sex trade in
Turkey. This, too, probably continues unabated, though I haven't heard
much about it recently. But, guess what, a school in Constantinople
is being (re)built to serve the numerous Armenian children who have
been added to our community's ranks in that city. Guess where they
arrived from.
Of course it was clearly not enough to have to digest the sobering
reality that Armenians fire-bombed a bar frequented by other Armenians
whose sexual orientation the attackers deemed inappropriate.
Now we get to relish the selling of young Armenian women as brides to
Persians or Turks in Iran. While this may have been OK long ago, it's
hardly so today. How can selling a person be acceptable? I'd like to
think this is not true, but unfortunately, it seems all too plausible!
The story I heard was of someone going back to visit his home town in
northern Iran and being invited by old friends to visit and reminisce.
Over the meal, the hosts proudly told this fellow that they had gotten
brides from Armenia, not just one, but TWO. They also mentioned paying
a pretty penny for them. The practice of paying a bride price is
evidently more common in polygamous societies where, understandably, a
relative scarcity of women relative to men is created.
Brain drain, expatriation for work (today's version of the 19th
century's `bantoukhd'), and now a bride drain; what's next, selling
babies? Or maybe that's already happening and I don't know about it.
Just STOP! Armenia's authorities have to start acting like a
government and not a band of marauding, looting, ravaging nomads! The
ongoing immiseration of the bulk of the Republic of Armenia's
population quite naturally leads to all these reprehensible, sad, and
desperate actions. Let's browbeat this government into acting
responsibly or contribute to a fundamental change in leadership come
the presidential elections this winter.
http://asbarez.com/106844/obscene-ii/