<span>Due to fictional stories about the savage Indians that travelers would face along their way, travelers on the overland trails often overstocked guns and ammunition at the expense of other more necessary items. Once they embarked, settlers faced numerous challenges: oxen dying of thirst, overloaded wagons, and dysentery, among others. Trails were poorly marked and hard to follow, and travelers often lost their way. </span>
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Pakistan today has severely repressed and punished women. This is because the country was dominated by the Taliban, which imposes a very sexist and oppressive position in society, in relation to women. In this way, women are diminished, forbidden to study, work, sexually repressed and punished for any behavior considered incorrect by the Taliban. Within this context, Kishwar Naheed's poem highlights how women have been judged as sinners, for behaviors that protect them from this type of reality. The poem reinforces the idea that even with this oppression and judgment women are strong and it is this strength that many try to hold back.
This poem addresses a current social issue, addressing a minority that is marginalized indiscriminately and without just reasons, which is common in contemporary literature.
The fight for ratification was fought in all states separately, states like Delaware was was the first to ratify the Constitution.
