But in the west this statement is misinterpreted which shows specific issues and differences. These differences is where the stereotype of Islam being assessed of teaching the oppression of woman. * This stereotyping does come from these laws of the west from the misinterpreted understanding of the Qur’an, the rights they enforce are a woman’s testimony is only half or a man’s, that woman are cheated out of half of their inheritance, that the Qur’an allows wide beating, that men can divorce on a whim and have four wives, and that Islam promotes unfair isolation. * Women are unfairly assessed with these misinterpreted rights from the west. It is very rare but it some households wife beating does occur, but that is due to the same misinterpretations from out west.
some people would say the the reiligion is offensive and opressive towards women. some would say that the religion is even slave like towards women. however the women and men that particepate in the islamic religion would say that islam for women has been viewed wrong and that actually egalitaran, specially on its veiws about the sexs. some of the islamic followers would say more than Judaism and or Christianity. conventional veiws suggest that the west sees women of islam as a opressive object instead of a counterpart , in the islamic movement.
Most of us might blame the situation of Saudi women on a strict and intolerant religion, a lack of education or even a lack of awareness of Saudi women about their rights. Some of these assumptions may be partially or entirely correct, but why is it that other Muslim countries such as Jordan, treat their women better? Can religion be blamed for the treatment of Saudi women? According to popular belief, the women’s biggest oppressor in Saudi Arabia is the Sharia laws, or Islamic law. Surprisingly Sharia laws ought to have offered liberation to women across Saudi (Rahman p 356-9).
In this novel, Julia Alvarez manages to capture and express the true feelings of women which deconstructs the stereotypes through Yo. Feminism is defined as “a political movement that works to achieve equal rights for women and men” (Hirsch 113). For the past ages, women were seen in the society as inferior to men and were greatly excluded from education and the right to property ownership. A British feminist named Mary Wollstonecraft argues, “educational restrictions keep women in a state of ignorance and slavish dependence” (Blake 117). The shattering of classifications and stereotypes, and the subversion of traditional gender roles, and the concept of sisterhood or unity among women are among the main tenets of feminist criticism.
Impact of Islam on Women Islam has had a major impact on women in the past millennia and a half since its origin. Islam, its teachings, God and the Quran have all affected the treatment, perception and even fashion of Islamic women. The Quran directly provides guidelines for the treatment of women, several Islamic scholars have defined the rights available to women and even Muhammad’s own words (The Hadith) declare the value of an Islamic woman as opposed to an Islamic man. It’s undeniable irrefutable that the impact of Islamic first felt in the religion’s conception and still being received today, is perhaps one of the largest catalysts on woman and misogyny. The Quran outlined several different methods of treating women in its various passages.
It just advices women to use the hijab as an act of obedience to God. Secondly, women wearing hijabs become a very visible sign of Islam. While Muslim men can blend easily into any society, Muslim women are often put on the line and forced to defend not only their decision or not to cover their bodies but also their religion. Thirdly, women who use the hijab lose their identity as women because they cannot dress appropriately according to their gender. It is not certain that the hijab frees women from being seen as sexual objects of desire or from being valued for their looks or body shape.
Fatima Mernissi, author of The Veil and the Male Elite, argued accepted male readings for the medieval Islamic past were deeply flawed and sexist when applied to the present. Since the 1990s, the struggle to apply gender inquiry to Middle Eastern societies has also been forcefully challenged by Muslim women in the United States. Middle Eastern women are either silent or passive in their own societies. Unequal, gender hierarchies of power demonstrated that women negotiated theses structures in distinctly inventive ways. Men and women prayed in difference places at the mosque.
Based on Entry Denied, “Communities often focus on preserving cultural tradition through controlling the gender and sexual behavior of the women. At the same time, outsiders judge immigrants through stereotypes about the sexuality of the community’s women. Thus, immigrant women find themselves caught between the racism of the dominant society and the sexist expectation of their own community”. This is true for many immigrant communities such as the Arab-Americans. For instance, even though many of the Arab American women are required to cover themselves, almost all of them cover their bodies because they choose and not because they are forced to.
For Women in America, Equality is Still an Illusion In her article, "For Women in America, Equality is Still an Illusion", Jessica Valenti subject matter is to describe the discrepancies between what is perceived as gender equality to what is really occurring in America in hopes of ending the mistreatment and injustices of women. Valenti writes this essay in hopes of disillusioning women that believe they have the same equal rights and treatments that men have in America. She conveys a certain emotionally upset tone in her work (mainly due to her being a woman) to grab the reader's attention. She uses selection of detail to show the hardships of women not only in America, but in other countries as well. Valenti provides many statistics of abuse against women here in the United States as well as examples of evidence for the mistreatment of women.
The more knowledge gained of genital mutilation led to different reasons of have the procedure done, such as “keeping their daughter’s chastity” (37). This shows the lack of knowledge behind this ancient procedure. Brooks once heard a Muslim speaker in Australia “express gratitude for the removal of part of her own clitoris” (37). She continued to say it reminded her that her marriage is about more important things than pleasure. This shows the true naivety women were taught from men to let their religion repress