by Stephen of the Thinkery
Behold what we have wrought:
Thewomen are too afraid and ashamed to show their faces or have their realnames used. They have been driven to sell their bodies to put food onthe table for their children -- for as little as $8 a day.
"People shouldn't criticize women, or talk badly about them," says 37-year-old Suhaas she adjusts the light colored scarf she wears these days to avoidextremists who insist women cover themselves. "They all say we havelost our way, but they never ask why we had to take this path."
Suha has three children. She's married; her husband thinks that she cleans houses.
"I don't have money to take my kid to the doctor. I have to do anythingthat I can to preserve my child, because I am a mother," she says,explaining why she prostitutes herself.
Anger and frustration rise in her voice as she speaks.
"No matter what else I may be, no matter how off the path I may be, I am a mother!"
