As I've said no fewer than approximately fourteen thousand times, homophobia and misogyny are BFFs who are often found skipping merrily along hand-in-hand. So it's no surprise to find some fun misogyny alongside the much-discussed homophobia in Uganda:
Youth who get married when they are still virgins will be rewarded, the Mityana Anglican Diocese Bishop, Dr. Samuel Stephen Kaziimba, has said.Youth. All youth? Of course not.
The bishop on Friday said the scheme is intended to encourage the youth to live a prudent life.
"Like the Virgin Mary, we want you to have good lives. I am, therefore, willing to reward anybody who will get married when she is still a virgin," he said.I'll let you parse every discernible nuance of what's wrong with that hot mess of an idea in comments, while I go hurl up my breakfast.
Kaziimba was closing a one-week youth convention at Mityana Secondary School.
He said the scheme will start with the girls who will be getting a prize of sh100,000, adding that he has set up a committee that will ascertain whether the girl is a virgin.
[H/T to Shaker Doxy.]
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