swing around a pole and collect twenty dollar bills in their tangas.
We're talking about the right for girls/women:
to be educated the same as men
to choose their marriage partner
to NOT have their clitoris cut off
to start a business or work to support their family
to not live in fear of their father/brother/husband beating them or killing them out of some antiquated tradition of "family honor"
While I have no doubt that some women in the Gulf are quite happy with their lives, wouldn't it be nice if they had a choice about what kind of life they wanted, instead of it being forced upon them?
Wouldn't it be nice if they were afforded the same rights and protections under the law as men were?
This isn't meant to be a Khaleeji-bashing thread, guys. The focus is on women GLOBALLY, and the Gulf is but one region where women's rights have been compromised.
Talk about sub-Saharan Africa where female genital mutilation is the standard, not the exception.
Consider the thousands of women and children forced into the sex trade in Asia.
But don't belittle this topic by transforming it into yet another tit-for-tat, mud-slinging "Arabs-vs-westerners" diatribe.
Please.
"Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise."
-- Maya Angelou
swing around a pole and collect twenty dollar bills in their tangas.
We're talking about the right for girls/women:
to be educated the same as men
to choose their marriage partner
to NOT have their clitoris cut off
to start a business or work to support their family
to not live in fear of their father/brother/husband beating them or killing them out of some antiquated tradition of "family honor"
While I have no doubt that some women in the Gulf are quite happy with their lives, wouldn't it be nice if they had a choice about what kind of life they wanted, instead of it being forced upon them?
Wouldn't it be nice if they were afforded the same rights and protections under the law as men were?
This isn't meant to be a Khaleeji-bashing thread, guys. The focus is on women GLOBALLY, and the Gulf is but one region where women's rights have been compromised.
Talk about sub-Saharan Africa where female genital mutilation is the standard, not the exception.
Consider the thousands of women and children forced into the sex trade in Asia.
But don't belittle this topic by transforming it into yet another tit-for-tat, mud-slinging "Arabs-vs-westerners" diatribe.
Please.
"Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise."
-- Maya Angelou