I'm very sad to see this, yet I have mixed feelings about unilaterally condeming it: Yet on Tuesday, the education ministry said its scholars had evaluated the

I'm very sad to see this, yet I have mixed feelings about unilaterally condeming it: Yet on Tuesday, the education ministry said its scholars had evaluated the university curriculum and environment, and attendance for girls would be suspended "until a suitable environment" was provided. It added that it would soon provide such a setting and "citizens should not be worried". Prior to Tuesday's announcement, universities had already been operating under discriminatory rules for women since the Taliban takeover in 2021. There were gender segregated entrances and classrooms, and female students could only be taught by women professors or old men. It is the wrong way to handle it, but I have to wonder if there are any legitimate concerns behind some of these moves. I cannot help but think about how women get raped and murdered in war torn countries, women get raped and murdered for trying to urinate or defecate in a field designated for such in places with too much population and too little infrastructure, women get sexually assaulted by coworkers, classmates, etc.