Comments on: My blog is my victory http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/09/i_was_gang_raped_and_my_blog_is_my_victory.html black looks Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:57:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: everchange http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/09/i_was_gang_raped_and_my_blog_is_my_victory.html#comment-3048 everchange Fri, 29 Sep 2006 21:18:14 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/09/i_was_gang_raped_and_my_blog_is_my_victory.html#comment-3048 I don't think there's anything wrong with using her photo now, since the main trial is over, plus I think the story has been out of the news long enough, and there isn't as much a threat to her life. When the NYT was trying to raise awareness of her case (and I applaud them for doing so), I think it was wrong of them to publish her photo, because to me, it served no real purpose other to 'shock' or titillate the American public. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with using her photo now, since the main trial is over, plus I think the story has been out of the news long enough, and there isn’t as much a threat to her life.

When the NYT was trying to raise awareness of her case (and I applaud them for doing so), I think it was wrong of them to publish her photo, because to me, it served no real purpose other to ’shock’ or titillate the American public.

]]> By: Sokari http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/09/i_was_gang_raped_and_my_blog_is_my_victory.html#comment-3032 Sokari Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:11:33 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/09/i_was_gang_raped_and_my_blog_is_my_victory.html#comment-3032 EverChange - I was not aware of that report so thank you for bringing it to my attention. Muktar Mai is now open and working as an activist on violence against women in her local community and has a blog - do you think it was wrong of the BBC and of course myself to have published her photo now? I ask because the point you raise with the NYT is very imporant and I agree it was a violation to have done so at the time of the trial. EverChange - I was not aware of that report so thank you for bringing it to my attention.

Muktar Mai is now open and working as an activist on violence against women in her local community and has a blog - do you think it was wrong of the BBC and of course myself to have published her photo now?

I ask because the point you raise with the NYT is very imporant and I agree it was a violation to have done so at the time of the trial.

]]> By: everchange http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/09/i_was_gang_raped_and_my_blog_is_my_victory.html#comment-3031 everchange Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:01:44 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/09/i_was_gang_raped_and_my_blog_is_my_victory.html#comment-3031 I remember seeing this story covered by Kristof a while back. What happened to her was disturbing to read, yet even (to me) more disturbing was the fact that the NYT published her photo as part of the story. If rape victims in the States are protected by law so their identities are not revealed, why was the NYT publishing her photograph? The whole thing felt sordid, it was almost like I was viewing pornography. Here is an article detailing what excatly was done to her (she was sodomised by x number of men, etc) and a picture of a very beautiful humble and head-bowed woman making her way through a crowd. They did not need to publish the woman's picture when talking about the rapes, why should a seperate standard be applied to foreign women, than if she were american? I remember seeing this story covered by Kristof a while back. What happened to her was disturbing to read, yet even (to me) more disturbing was the fact that the NYT published her photo as part of the story. If rape victims in the States are protected by law so their identities are not revealed, why was the NYT publishing her photograph? The whole thing felt sordid, it was almost like I was viewing pornography. Here is an article detailing what excatly was done to her (she was sodomised by x number of men, etc) and a picture of a very beautiful humble and head-bowed woman making her way through a crowd. They did not need to publish the woman’s picture when talking about the rapes, why should a seperate standard be applied to foreign women, than if she were american?

]]> By: sewere http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/09/i_was_gang_raped_and_my_blog_is_my_victory.html#comment-3000 sewere Mon, 25 Sep 2006 23:28:03 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/09/i_was_gang_raped_and_my_blog_is_my_victory.html#comment-3000 Sokari, Nicholas Kristof of the NY Times wrote an extensive article about her at the beginnnig of the year. I will do a search for the article and send it to you. Sokari,

Nicholas Kristof of the NY Times wrote an extensive article about her at the beginnnig of the year. I will do a search for the article and send it to you.

]]> By: Sokari http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/09/i_was_gang_raped_and_my_blog_is_my_victory.html#comment-2998 Sokari Mon, 25 Sep 2006 21:58:02 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2006/09/i_was_gang_raped_and_my_blog_is_my_victory.html#comment-2998 Curt: I thought you would like this one as it is similiar to the idea behind Blogswana where university students blog for an HIV/AIDS partner as well as themselves. Curt: I thought you would like this one as it is similiar to the idea behind Blogswana where university students blog for an HIV/AIDS partner as well as themselves.

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