Female Status Around the World

[Minor Axis]

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Female Oppression Around the World

Female Oppression in Pakistan

Everything that a Pakistani woman’s life revolves around involves one word – honour. In Pakistan, women are expected to behave in a certain way because of honour. They dress for honour and veil themselves such that they will not attract men’s attention. They even die when they are dishonoured. However, this idea of honour is not what we would usually expect (integrity and morality) but is only a tool used in the possession and manipulation of the Pakistani women.

Female Roles in Islam.

However, despite some seemingly commendable practices and beliefs, females are still considered inferior to males. The Qur'an states that "Men have authority over women because God has made the one superior to the other" - thereby granting dominance of males over females. A women's testimony is also not always accepted - this hints that society believes their intelligence to be inferior. Even in the instances where their testimony is accepted, what they say holds less weight for the same reason that they are intellectually less developed. The size of their inheritance must also be less (usually halved) of their male siblings - is this not suggesting that women are less important? It has been argued that the greater share of inheritance is necessary to help the males, for whom the role of supporting their own families financially lie greatly upon, but nevertheless such laws have given men the impression that women are meant to be inferior and they count for less.

Female Roles in Christianity- most interesting thing in this article is that none of the second class citizen status issues in the list still apply to modern Western society. How many of these still apply in the Middle East and predominantly Muslim societyt?

• Unmarried women could not leave their fathers.
• Married women could not their husbands. (missing word here) it's either act against, testify against, defy, or something along those lines
• Married women were subject to any punishment her husband inflicted.
• They could not hold any public offices.
• They were often considered in the same class as minors, slaves, criminals, the dumb and the mute etc., or in other words, incapable of sounds judgement or worthy of consideration.
• They could not testify in court.
• They could not speak to strangers.
• They needed to wear a veil when not at home.
• They could not inherit or hold any property.
• They could not even write or receive letters in their name.

 

[brieze]

Stirring the troll up lol. Interesting read though.

 

[Minor Axis]

Stirring the troll up lol. Interesting read though.

When we are constantly inundated by negative nationalistic posts from hypocritical people living in glass houses...well

 

[brieze]

I hear ya lol.

 

[RedRyder]

Wow! Back in those Dark Ages .... I would have been stifled to death had I not been able to be the woman that I am today. (Christianity Roles)

Although in all fairness.... If I was raised when that nonsense was actually a fact of life..... I'd have accepted it and having no knowledge of the freedoms I enjoy today..... I would have most likely fit right in.

 

[brieze]

Good point RedRyder. Environment controls a lot.