Mauritania's 'wife-fattening' farm


	Mauritania's 'wife-fattening' farm

cementedminds

6-29-2007 3:30 PM

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feminism, women, gender, bbc

cementedminds says:

This is absolutely vile and upsetting.

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6-29-2007 3:43 PM

horseshoe

Hmmm... I wonder what the 'failed' women that cant be helped look like...

6-29-2007 4:05 PM

cementedminds

Perish the thought. Those poor girls.

7-1-2007 8:53 PM

BigBadWolf

I know I might catch hell for this comment but... "Send them to America and put them on a fast food diet. They'll fit right in."

7-1-2007 8:57 PM

skwirlinator

I know some wives that could teach them a thing or two!
Quite a few wives.

7-2-2007 1:28 AM

Deepti

holy crap!!

7-3-2007 4:53 AM

cementedminds

Wolfy said:

I know I might catch hell for this comment but... "Send them to America and put them on a fast food diet. They'll fit right in."

Disgraceful! But not a bad point!

7-3-2007 8:41 AM

wiccantexan

Quick, someone put Nicole Richie in a postage-paid box and ship her off immediately!

7-3-2007 8:44 AM

BigBadWolf

Quick, someone put Nicole Richie in a postage-paid box and ship her off immediately!

Ahahahahahahha

7-5-2007 5:03 AM

cementedminds

Nice one, Wicca!

7-8-2007 1:22 AM

Deepti

I wish I could pop this again for WT's comment!

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