How sad a state of affairs is it when I read about women under the Taliban or in Kyrgyzstan and think, well I guess we don't have it too bad here in the US.

FRONTLINE/WORLD correspondent Petr Lom -- a professor at Central European University in Budapest -- first traveled to Kyrgyzstan to investigate Islamic extremism. But he stumbled across a strange local custom, which he decided to explore.

With his translator and friend Fatima Sartbaeva, a young Kyrgyz woman, as his guide, Lom sets out on a journey of discovery, driving deep into the countryside to a small village just outside the ancient city of Osh.

Petr and Fatima arrive as a wedding is about to begin. Women are busy making traditional Kyrgyz bread for the occasion, and men sit in chairs outside, talking and sipping tea. The groom confesses he has had some difficulty finding a bride, but he is hopeful that "this one will stay."

When the bride does arrive, she is dragged into the groom's house, struggling and crying. Her name is Norkuz, and it turns out she has been kidnapped from her home about a mile away. ...

Well, at least we don't have *that* to worry about. Boy oh boy. We American women should just shut up and be happy about how good we have it. So what if in some areas cockfighting carried a stiffer penalty than domestic violence? So what if it is becoming harder and harder for women to control their own fertility? So what if you can be gang raped on videotape and still have your your named dragged through the mud be defense attorneys who dig up your past and call you a slut? So what? It could always be worse. We should just lie back and relax.