Girls & Boys

Girls	Boys
Escape from violence at home - beatings - sexual abuse - treated as slaves Mother beats her daughter -Father abuses/rapes his daughter - Step mother treats the girl as a slave Escape from violence at home	- beatings
Not having a say in their future Many girls run away from home to escape the arranged marriages their parents had planned for them.	Expected of them to join/they expected of it themselves Some of them may have to follow family tradition/culture where they have to fight. e.g: warrior families
Some join to assert their equality with boys “If my brothers can do it, so could I” – Catherine. She came from a warrior’s family and wanted to be like her brothers.	Attraction to the army and guns Some thought it was ‘cool’ to have weapons or wanted to follow their idols – influenced by films/images.
Protect themselves from rape and abduction The army served as protection for girls as they had weapons and could fight. No one would dare to abduct them as sex slave.	Pressured to provide for and feed their families Protect female family members Especially the oldest/only son in the family.

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~ by thetriplec on June 10, 2009.