More than half a billion of the women in the world is Islamic
but they do not receive enough rights and freedom. Women in Islamic societies
and communities face gender-based inequalities associated with the
“patriarchal gender system.” The system, regardless of religion, features
kin-based, the males are always superior to the women. Islam also gave the
women full status as citizens over 1,400 years ago by giving her to right to
speak and vote the same as anyone else. Even though
the civil law as well as the constitutions of many Islam states provide
for equal rights between women and men; however, Islamic family law poses
obstacles to women’s equality.
Islamic
women expect to be appreciated for their
mind and characters, not just for their bodies. That’s why they are required to
conceal their attractions from men by a strictly modest, straight-forward type
of attire. Modest dress does not degrade women, but it discourages lust in men.
Within the close family circle, she is free to dress informally and to beautify
herself. She is strongly encouraged to make herself attractive for her husband
since her beauty is reserved for him. Islam also insists on the right of
an individual to have a spouse who belongs exclusively to him/her. It totally
rejects the notion that what people feel for each other or the pleasure they
derive from an act should be taken as the criteria of right and wrong, and that
obedience to the unbridled demands of animal desires should be permitted to
dominate the lives of human beings.
Men
could marry as many as they liked and very often they owned women like cattle
or sheep. This system is called polygyny. But luckily, Islam gives a woman the right to
refuse polygyny for her husband by setting it as a condition during the
marriage procedures. If this condition is set, then the woman is granted
divorce if her husband marries another while he is still married to her. In the recent past, Islam women
exhibited comparatively high rates of fertility and low rates of
contraception use because the use of contraception was not encouraged in the
society.
Offenhauer, Priscilla. “Women In Islamic Societies: A Selected
Review Of Social Scientific Literature.” November 2005. The Liberty
< http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/pdf-files/Women_Islamic_Societies.pdf>.
Islamalways.com. “What Does Islam Really Say About Equality
of Women and Men?”. Basic Fact About Islam. June 23, 2008. September 17, 2012.
Linh I love your blog!!!!!! It is so pretty. I liked the way you presented your information.
ReplyDeleteThank you Sisley! I miss you. I'm so lonely in homeroom. By the way, Mr.Urban said that the comment should be more than 3 sentences and you have to ask questions to have a conversation. The rubric is on Edmodo under the Folder Tab :)
DeleteThank you so much for telling me and I miss you too. Thank the lord that I will be back on Monday. When I reading this selection I really felt sad for those girls. I just can't imagine loosing everything that I have lived with since I was born. I would be dead because I would totally rebel against those a-holes. I was going to ask you how you put pictures but I now how to do it now. But what do you think on the fact that the U.S. is helping the people there?
ReplyDeleteThis was a very strong essay Linh! There were a few grammatical mistakes but the information that you gave us was really good, which made me sad because based off of what you said it seems as if the women of this society have to suffer because of the men are, well umm, unable to control them self’s. And that is truly wrong.
ReplyDeleteI thought that you really did explain the women's rights and suffrage well. And the way it is explained helped me fully understand the concept. Why pick this topic? And would you every put up with what they went through?
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