Farmers sell wives to pay debts in rural India - My comments on CNN news story

This CNN news article speaks of both economic despair and the horrible objectification of women. I wish that, especially in this day and age, I could say that there aren't still human beings buying and selling others, as if they are nothing except property. Sadly, it is still going on. Our world is deeply divided between the haves and the have-nots. Often, women and children are those most victimized by these highly unequal socio-economic systems.


In the climb up the ladder of social and economic mobility, those lowest on the totem pole are also those most easily stood upon. So, while I believe we all have the basic human right to try to improve the quality of our lives and the lives of our families, I also believe that we should never stop looking down when we do so. We need to see clearly where we stand, and we need make whatever hard choices that will be required to prevent the crushing of others. In our struggles to survive and thrive, we should attempt to limit our "us and them" thinking. Instead, we should try to recognize that there really is just "us".

For the full CNN news article go to: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/22/india.farmers.selling.wives/index.html

Until I type again,

Kami