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davidMC1982 · 03-17-2005, 03:36 PM

I'd agree with that. You get to a certain age when you realise women do hold all the cards, so you go and buy a shed to escape to.

More seriously, is it fair to consider this issue to be about faith (in the true sense of the word) or cultural pressure? How many of these women believe they are being treated fairly - and to those that do have faith - within the boundaries of their chosen religiion?

I believe a lot of these women are opressed, with the opressors hiding behind the facade of religion. Just because a woman "chooses" (and I use the word loosely) to continue these traditions in an apparently free country, does not mean she is less affected by the same cultural pressures.

There is light at the end of the tunnel for these women though (and I don't mean the US occupation of Iraq): http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4349341.stm

Dave

03-17-2005, 03:36 PM	#19 (permalink)
davidMC1982 Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Sussex, UK Posts: 90	I'd agree with that. You get to a certain age when you realise women do hold all the cards, so you go and buy a shed to escape to. More seriously, is it fair to consider this issue to be about faith (in the true sense of the word) or cultural pressure? How many of these women believe they are being treated fairly - and to those that do have faith - within the boundaries of their chosen religiion? I believe a lot of these women are opressed, with the opressors hiding behind the facade of religion. Just because a woman "chooses" (and I use the word loosely) to continue these traditions in an apparently free country, does not mean she is less affected by the same cultural pressures. There is light at the end of the tunnel for these women though (and I don't mean the US occupation of Iraq): http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4349341.stm Dave