Half The Sky Analysis
While reading Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, I came across many issues and conflicts. In the story, a Pakistani woman named Mukhtar Mai was a victim of gang rape. Six men raped her as a punishment due to her brothers supposed relationship with a woman from another clan. Mukhtar says, “when I tried to call the police, I received death threats that I would be killed if I went to the police station.” In Joel Christie’s article, they talk about a Norwegian woman named Monika Korra who was a survivor of gang rape. Three men abducted and raped her on her way home from a party. Monika says, “Before I knew it, I just had someone grabbing me from behind and I had a gun to my head.” They told her to strip down while sexually assaulting
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At the age of eight, she was sold into virtual slavery and raped by her own master at age twelve. She escaped at the age of thirteen to deliver her baby on her own. As a result of her still being a very young teen, her pelvis was not big enough for a baby’s head. Mahabouba delivered her dead baby by herself with no medical care while suffering crippling internal injuries. She was unable to walk and suffered from nerve damage and a fistula causing her vagina to constantly leak urine and other fluids. A fistula can be in a form of a hole between a woman’s vagina, bladder or rectum. In Morgan Winsor’s article “A fate worse than death for scores of African women” they talk about obstetric fistula that African women have suffered through. The discharge usually leaves women having a foul smell, and sometimes their husbands due to their odor and inability to have more children abandon them (Winsor). Mahabouba baby’s father was disgusted by her smell so he put her in a hut and removed the door so the hyenas would attract the odor and devour her. In Winsors article, Dr. Justin Paluku Lussy says, “they see themselves as the walking dead,” because due to the lack of communication and the women’s reluctance to discuss the condition, it is very rare for them to hear or meet someone who is suffering through the same thing they are. “Typical West African hospitals do not have trained staff or resources to identify and treat fistulas” Allison Heller states. A fistula can be repaired with delicate surgery depending on how severe the patient’s fistula is. The surgeons are required to be well trained to do these types of operations. In Heller’s study, a 32-year-old woman named Hasbu was in labor for numerous days in a rural village without any medical care. She was emaciated like any other African woman and withstood days of obstructed labor because the baby’s head was being pushed against her pelvic
At the age of eight, she was sold into virtual slavery and raped by her own master at age twelve. She escaped at the age of thirteen to deliver her baby on her own. As a result of her still being a very young teen, her pelvis was not big enough for a baby’s head. Mahabouba delivered her dead baby by herself with no medical care while suffering crippling internal injuries. She was unable to walk and suffered from nerve damage and a fistula causing her vagina to constantly leak urine and other fluids. A fistula can be in a form of a hole between a woman’s vagina, bladder or rectum. In Morgan Winsor’s article “A fate worse than death for scores of African women” they talk about obstetric fistula that African women have suffered through. The discharge usually leaves women having a foul smell, and sometimes their husbands due to their odor and inability to have more children abandon them (Winsor). Mahabouba baby’s father was disgusted by her smell so he put her in a hut and removed the door so the hyenas would attract the odor and devour her. In Winsors article, Dr. Justin Paluku Lussy says, “they see themselves as the walking dead,” because due to the lack of communication and the women’s reluctance to discuss the condition, it is very rare for them to hear or meet someone who is suffering through the same thing they are. “Typical West African hospitals do not have trained staff or resources to identify and treat fistulas” Allison Heller states. A fistula can be repaired with delicate surgery depending on how severe the patient’s fistula is. The surgeons are required to be well trained to do these types of operations. In Heller’s study, a 32-year-old woman named Hasbu was in labor for numerous days in a rural village without any medical care. She was emaciated like any other African woman and withstood days of obstructed labor because the baby’s head was being pushed against her pelvic