Horrified by the recent murder of Kawthar al-Husayjawi, one of her female relatives describes what happened – and her fears for other women and girls forced into early marriage in Iraq
women generally have to live multiple lives. In public they are supposed to be beautiful and smiling all the time. In the bedroom they are supposed to be slutty (but only for their man). With children they are supposed to be saintly. In the home they are supposed to have the managment skills few CEOs possess.
Men these days are supposed to have only two personalities. At work and mixed company they are supposed to treat women like people and respect them. In the locker room, with their buddies, or behind closed doors, not so much.
Absolutely false in my country. Absolutely no one forces anyone to be different than they are, unless their normal state is impolite. No one says you must be a slut or a chauvinist or any of that, and I refuse to accept peer pressure as an external force guiding anyone’s behaviour past adulthood. I am sorry you live like you do, where you do, and I hope you know a better world one day.
That article is sus.
Absolutely false in my country. Absolutely no one forces anyone to be different than they are, unless their normal state is impolite. No one says you must be a slut or a chauvinist or any of that, and I refuse to accept peer pressure as an external force guiding anyone’s behaviour past adulthood. I am sorry you live like you do, where you do, and I hope you know a better world one day.