Islaam4u - yet again, another 'thought provoking' (some might say s**t stirring) topic.
FYI, there are many women who die as virgins - contrary to what you seem to believe, we're not all sex-obsessed wanton hussies. In my opinion, it's more natural and not such a big deal for women to be celibate than men.
And how did you work out that a female child has more immunity than a male child???? Back that up with medical facts if you can, coz it's simply not true.
As for women becoming 'public property' - I've never heard anything so ludicrous or insulting.
Four million more women than men in UK - again total rubbish. UK population is approx 60 million, and there is roughly 1% more female babies than male babies born, so by my reckoning, that's 600 000 - just over half a million. Bit of a difference.
'In Western society it is far more common for a man to have affairs or mistresses' - again, simply not true. I've lived in the west for most of my life, and I can assure you, I've been propositioned WAAAAY more times by guys here in Qatar. Minding my own business sitting in my car at traffic lights, guys in cars trying to give me their phone number, sitting in coffee shops, followed home from the supermarket, when out walking dogs, been tailed by landcruiser, etc, etc. It's virtually an everyday occurence here.
And my (admittedly limited) understanding of your prophet's life is that he married his first very wealthy older wife Khadija when he was a poor young man. It was not until she died, that he married all the other ones. Hmmmmm - maybe she was a strong independent woman and would have given him hell at the very suggestion that he get another woman, and he would have again been a penniliess homeless man??!!!!! Just a thought.........
Islaam4u - yet again, another 'thought provoking' (some might say s**t stirring) topic.
FYI, there are many women who die as virgins - contrary to what you seem to believe, we're not all sex-obsessed wanton hussies. In my opinion, it's more natural and not such a big deal for women to be celibate than men.
And how did you work out that a female child has more immunity than a male child???? Back that up with medical facts if you can, coz it's simply not true.
As for women becoming 'public property' - I've never heard anything so ludicrous or insulting.
Four million more women than men in UK - again total rubbish. UK population is approx 60 million, and there is roughly 1% more female babies than male babies born, so by my reckoning, that's 600 000 - just over half a million. Bit of a difference.
'In Western society it is far more common for a man to have affairs or mistresses' - again, simply not true. I've lived in the west for most of my life, and I can assure you, I've been propositioned WAAAAY more times by guys here in Qatar. Minding my own business sitting in my car at traffic lights, guys in cars trying to give me their phone number, sitting in coffee shops, followed home from the supermarket, when out walking dogs, been tailed by landcruiser, etc, etc. It's virtually an everyday occurence here.
And my (admittedly limited) understanding of your prophet's life is that he married his first very wealthy older wife Khadija when he was a poor young man. It was not until she died, that he married all the other ones. Hmmmmm - maybe she was a strong independent woman and would have given him hell at the very suggestion that he get another woman, and he would have again been a penniliess homeless man??!!!!! Just a thought.........
OK - you can shoot me down in flames now