Opinion / Columnist
Girl paraded undressed for sleeping with a married man
19 Jan 2017 at 06:20hrs | Views
There is a video circulating extensively on social media of a young Gwanda girl being forced by a wife to do some laundry undressed apparently because she (the wife) found her in bed with her husband.
While we may not be found to be condoning the actions of the school going young lady to have the guts to sleep with a married man in his matrimonial bed, at the same time if we are to be an organised community we should equally never condone the actions of this wife.
That the young girl found herself inside her bed linen with her husband does not take away the human dignity of the young girl to an extent of her being paraded undressed in public and captured on video by scores of people. The videos do not only end there but they are circulated the world over something which has certainly destroyed this young girl who after all was not in the act alone neither did she bulldoze herself into the bedroom and the linen she is being forced to wash.
I do not personally know the girl neither do I know the wife concerned in the incident but for purposes of building a better community for all one would question the police and community leadership why they have been silent on an issue of such gross human rights abuse.
Inflicting punishment of this nature on anyone let alone a young girl who was obviously coerced into the act she found herself in by the husband and celebrating it only but creates a lawless community and must be challenged. It's not as if the wife had exhausted all the avenues possible to have her issued addressed forcing her to dehumanise the young lady to this extent.
We all appreciate the pain and shock the wife went through finding a stranger in her own bed with her husband and we appreciate that someone would have done even worse and maybe murdered the young girl but above the pains we go through humanity should prevail in us for us to build a better community for all of us.
While we may not be found to be condoning the actions of the school going young lady to have the guts to sleep with a married man in his matrimonial bed, at the same time if we are to be an organised community we should equally never condone the actions of this wife.
That the young girl found herself inside her bed linen with her husband does not take away the human dignity of the young girl to an extent of her being paraded undressed in public and captured on video by scores of people. The videos do not only end there but they are circulated the world over something which has certainly destroyed this young girl who after all was not in the act alone neither did she bulldoze herself into the bedroom and the linen she is being forced to wash.
I do not personally know the girl neither do I know the wife concerned in the incident but for purposes of building a better community for all one would question the police and community leadership why they have been silent on an issue of such gross human rights abuse.
Inflicting punishment of this nature on anyone let alone a young girl who was obviously coerced into the act she found herself in by the husband and celebrating it only but creates a lawless community and must be challenged. It's not as if the wife had exhausted all the avenues possible to have her issued addressed forcing her to dehumanise the young lady to this extent.
We all appreciate the pain and shock the wife went through finding a stranger in her own bed with her husband and we appreciate that someone would have done even worse and maybe murdered the young girl but above the pains we go through humanity should prevail in us for us to build a better community for all of us.
Source - Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo
All articles and letters published on Bulawayo24 have been independently written by members of Bulawayo24's community. The views of users published on Bulawayo24 are therefore their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Bulawayo24. Bulawayo24 editors also reserve the right to edit or delete any and all comments received.
