Liberation of women
In Bangladesh, prostitution has been legalised and it is said that the rate of abortion among girls between 15 and 49 is 28/1000. The rape rate is also very high . And there were 410 incidents of acid-throwing in 2003.
Now let's have a look at the western countries, which are taken as a model of women's freedom . The porno industry generates 7 billion dollar every year in the capitalist world, a figure greater than the turnover of the so-called "legitimate film and music industries" combined together. In the US, porno films account for a million dollar business every day and in Britain 20 million copies of porno magazines are sold every year, producing a revenue of 500 million dollars.
Is this what women seek from their freedom?
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