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"I get a letter from Amnesty International, one of the few charities I donate to. (Not counting the guys on the street with a cup. Them, I give to every day.) A.I. fights torture and government abuse all over the world, usually without giving a fuck about ideology.

But now? What’s the first paragraph of their appeal letter?

I regret to inform you that more than a decade into the 21st century, women and girls are still being raped, beaten, killed by family members and trafficked every day.

What the fuck?

Flash to Abu Ghraib prison: An Arab man lies naked, face up, on a sheet of plywood. His hands and feet are tied to the corners. He’s stretched like someone ready to be drawn and quartered. Pulled tight over his face, a cloth immobilizes his head. An American soldier holds a giant watering can. He pours it down…over the man’s face…into his nose and mouth. Involuntarily gasping for breath, the tied man inhales the water. His lungs fill. He gags…pukes…inhales his own vomit…chokes…then more water. It’s like death…he wants to die.

Says Wikipedia: Waterboarding can cause extreme pain, dry drowning, damage to lungs, brain damage from oxygen deprivation, other physical injuries including broken bones due to struggling against restraints, lasting psychological damage and death. Adverse physical consequences can manifest themselves months after the event, while psychological effects can last for years.

Google “Waterboarding Women” and the only reports you’ll see are people arrested for the CRIME of torturing women. For women, it’s abuse. For men, it’s business as usual."

Whole thing is well worth a read.