Interesting story about a woman rider

[rushes]

This is the part that gets my attention:

"The 21-year-old student from Lahore, northeast Pakistan has become a fearless rider in the past two years, traveling through regions of the conservative country where it's taboo for women to venture out unaccompanied, let alone on two wheels."

Most women over there wear the black full cover outfit.

She's either tough as hell or stupid.

 

[gixxerjasen]

Yeah, very cool of her to face those challenges. And I do love a good adventure story as much as the next... person.

But... exactly why is it that you have to have a **** between your legs to be a "qualified" world adventurer?

(note to certain posters: I didn't say that you have to BE a ****)

I am surrounded by fully competent women at work, in our social circles (even here), and even in my own immediate family, which has more critical, medically trained ability to respond to the utmost gruesome of human tragedy, going back many decades even to my own mother, than the average clan.

I am no longer "astounded" by the accomplishments of women. Appreciative, but not shocked.

But.. good for her. Who of us (regardless of gender) doesn't want that kind of adventure?

That's you and where you live. Where she's from...things are still quite ***-backwards. It's changing, but not as fast as it is here, so it is pretty astounding for her to do this.

 

[Hudson]

In a country where just wearing western clothing can get a woman killed or assaulted, this isn't stupidity - it's bravery. She's showing other women that they can achieve the same thing men can. To many in Pakistan, that's almost blasphemous.

She's got guts. Super inspirational.

 

[Big Sky]

Right, she's defying the reactionary theocrats and that will get you killed. That is the real adventure she's on. This is the country where they shoot 16-year-old girls in the head for going to school and encouraging others to do so, too.