Article Taliban's 'no skin contact with males' rule leaves Afghan women under quake rubble
Article Taliban's 'no skin contact with males' rule leaves Afghan women under quake rubble
Sep 5 2025, 9:17 PM
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/taliban-gender-restrictions-delay-rescue-efforts-afghanistan-women-earthquake-2782694-2025-09-05
Quote:Women trapped under debris are sometimes left behind while the dead are pulled out, further underscoring how gender rules, not just rubble, are obstructing rescue efforts in a country ruled by the Taliban for the past four years.
Quote:Centuries-old customs and Taliban-imposed gender restrictions are compounding the tragedy for Afghan women following the recent deadly earthquake, which killed at least 2,200 people and reduced scores of buildings to rubble. Women have often been the last to be rescued, or not rescued at all, due to āno skin contact with unrelated malesā rule that forbids male rescues from touching them.
Strict cultural and religious norms, enforced by the Taliban government in Afghanistan, permit only a womanās close male relative, her father, brother, husband or son, to touch her and similarly, women are prohibited from touching men outside their family.
Found here: https://reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1n99rbj/talibans_no_skin_contact_with_males_rule_leaves/
Some comments:
optimistic9pessimist As a white western medic traveling in an islamic state, I was warned NOT to administer first aid to any Muslim girl/woman even in an emergency situation. Was told I need the husband/father/brother's permission to touch a female Muslim, which they would not give, letting them die rather than me providing help..Ā
Now I'm an accepting kinda guy and tolerant of most things, but this blew my mind. Thankfully I was not tested in this way, but it would be very difficult to just let somebody die when I could have made efforts to save their life. It's mind boggling..
EmmaPersephone Yet they wonāt let women get educated in medicine..
Impressive_Let3557 In Pakistan they let women become doctors but wont allow them to practice - they are called "doctor brides"
Quote:Therefore, the medical degree is considered a "hot ticket" for women and parents to get a better marriage proposal; they become "trophy wives." ... it is purely a social status kind of thing, where people proudly introduce their daughter-in-law as a doctor. But in the end, they need the same doctor to make food for them and take care of the homeās choresĀ
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10553294/
Edited Sep 5 2025, 9:23 PM by Clover.
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India Today, September 5 2025
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/taliban-gender-restrictions-delay-rescue-efforts-afghanistan-women-earthquake-2782694-2025-09-05
Quote:Women trapped under debris are sometimes left behind while the dead are pulled out, further underscoring how gender rules, not just rubble, are obstructing rescue efforts in a country ruled by the Taliban for the past four years.
Quote:Centuries-old customs and Taliban-imposed gender restrictions are compounding the tragedy for Afghan women following the recent deadly earthquake, which killed at least 2,200 people and reduced scores of buildings to rubble. Women have often been the last to be rescued, or not rescued at all, due to āno skin contact with unrelated malesā rule that forbids male rescues from touching them.
Strict cultural and religious norms, enforced by the Taliban government in Afghanistan, permit only a womanās close male relative, her father, brother, husband or son, to touch her and similarly, women are prohibited from touching men outside their family.
Found here: https://reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1n99rbj/talibans_no_skin_contact_with_males_rule_leaves/
Some comments:
optimistic9pessimist As a white western medic traveling in an islamic state, I was warned NOT to administer first aid to any Muslim girl/woman even in an emergency situation. Was told I need the husband/father/brother's permission to touch a female Muslim, which they would not give, letting them die rather than me providing help..Ā
Now I'm an accepting kinda guy and tolerant of most things, but this blew my mind. Thankfully I was not tested in this way, but it would be very difficult to just let somebody die when I could have made efforts to save their life. It's mind boggling..
EmmaPersephone Yet they wonāt let women get educated in medicine..
Impressive_Let3557 In Pakistan they let women become doctors but wont allow them to practice - they are called "doctor brides"
Quote:Therefore, the medical degree is considered a "hot ticket" for women and parents to get a better marriage proposal; they become "trophy wives." ... it is purely a social status kind of thing, where people proudly introduce their daughter-in-law as a doctor. But in the end, they need the same doctor to make food for them and take care of the homeās choresĀ
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10553294/
Kozlik's regular member account. šš
