Men and Goats

In world news today, a rather odd item from Sudan.

Apparently, a man was forced to marry a goat after he was caught having sex with it.

My favorite quote, from Mr. Alifi, the goat's owner, "They said I should not take him to the police, but rather let him pay a dowry for my goat because he used it as his wife."

Besides being absurd, it is a reflection (a rather poor one at that) of the value of women and marraige in Sudan. Apparently the defining characteristic of being a wife is that your husband gets to screw you.

To top it all off, it would seem that now the poor local women have to deal with competition from goats.

Life is cruel.