Although people in our part of the world prefer to stay in a state of denial but such stories do come up on the surface sometimes. Sher Zaman sexually assaulted his daughter when she was 16 year old (in 2002) & not just that he even threatened her of die consequences if anyone gets to know about that incident. Later on the girl got pregnant & gave birth to a child who was also killed by Sher Zaman & thrown into the gutter of the house.
Sher Zaman was found guilty of rape but he had been acquitted of murder due to lack of evidence. His wife Shahida is the one who filed the case against him…at least this woman had the courage to stand up against her husband. We have all kinds of fathers & mothers in the world, so I won’t say what kind of father is Sher Zaman!
Incest is a taboo subject & yet it happens every where. While I was doing my research on it, I came across some very disturbing stories & in some cases, people really don’t have a problem with it at all. They don’t mind having a relationship with a brother or father.
In one of the cases, a girl had been sexually abused by her father for years & naturally when she got pregnant, she wanted to have the baby, but both the parents forced her to have an abortion. I read a note by that girl on the net & it makes you wonder how can parents be so cruel & that was the 1st time someone actually convinced me that abortion is not the only answer. Someone could have adopted that baby. There are many childless people. Well I still think that abortion ought to be legalized though but if you’re willing to have that baby, then it’s a different story.
It’s indeed a very depressing topic. A Malaysian friend of mine also did an extensive research on it. You’re not shocked out of your wits, you start questioning the moral values of people. How can you stay mum when someone is raped in your house? Isn’t that a sin? Aren’t we supposed to take a stand & protect the one who is weak?
Infants are being killed almost on a daily basis. No one bothers to protest or even care about those babies. All of it points out that we are indeed a very degraded race.
Real life incidents are a lot different than what we read in fiction. When we are not involved, of course it’s a lot easier to reach a conclusion or to comprehend a thing no one wants us to understand or even think about. But I would say that it was thousand times easier for me also to form an opinion about Lolita than what I have read about real people & real incidents.
