fuzic
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- Posted: Tue, 01 Jan 2013 03:30:02 +0000
❤ Male dominated culture and Islamic beliefs
Looking at the same issue from two different perspectives, "Male Dominated Culture". A Muslim woman will really think that the lady wearing the bathing suit is from a male-dominated culture, where as a woman from the left will think the Muslim lady is from a male-dominated culture, and she is oppressed.
Looking at this picture, do you really believe that Islamic culture is as male dominated as Western culture? Perhaps people might think Muslim women are oppressed, but many women feel liberated from the glaring eyes of males, or from being sexualized.
Going to high school, I was often labeled as the "Bible book seller" because of the manner in which I dressed, and teased because of my long skirts and long sleeved shirts, which I felt were more comfortable and made me feel good. However, I was excluded from groups and teased because I wasn't 'sexualizing' myself. Other girls, who also felt the way I felt, were also teased and tormented throughout school because they didn't want to fit into the 'crowd', a lot of teenagers are therefore driven towards committing suicide, becoming anorexic or put on weight and loose themselves in an eating disorder because society expects them to look a certain way, and to act a certain way.
People criticize Islamic values because our ladies cover themselves, and try to behave in modest ways, but fail to look at their own society crippling because these values are not instilled into the youth. What do you guys think?
Looking at the same issue from two different perspectives, "Male Dominated Culture". A Muslim woman will really think that the lady wearing the bathing suit is from a male-dominated culture, where as a woman from the left will think the Muslim lady is from a male-dominated culture, and she is oppressed.
Looking at this picture, do you really believe that Islamic culture is as male dominated as Western culture? Perhaps people might think Muslim women are oppressed, but many women feel liberated from the glaring eyes of males, or from being sexualized.
Going to high school, I was often labeled as the "Bible book seller" because of the manner in which I dressed, and teased because of my long skirts and long sleeved shirts, which I felt were more comfortable and made me feel good. However, I was excluded from groups and teased because I wasn't 'sexualizing' myself. Other girls, who also felt the way I felt, were also teased and tormented throughout school because they didn't want to fit into the 'crowd', a lot of teenagers are therefore driven towards committing suicide, becoming anorexic or put on weight and loose themselves in an eating disorder because society expects them to look a certain way, and to act a certain way.
People criticize Islamic values because our ladies cover themselves, and try to behave in modest ways, but fail to look at their own society crippling because these values are not instilled into the youth. What do you guys think?