Posted on 09/18/2006 9:19:28 PM PDT by neverdem
Even the Muslim toddlers who are male get treated differently than the female toddlers.
Someone who once lived in that part of the world explained how the societies there are so abusive & authoritarian that the only area where a man can exert any control is the home. Because the men there in general feel so helpless, insecure, and angry, they need some outlet for exercising power, which they translate as abuse.
Basically Islam caters to that mentality. In other religions, people oriente themselves around the belief system; with Islam it's the other way around.
TD: There certainly is a section of the population in which it has undermined this sense of purpose. Obviously it is not the majority of the population. However, a substantial proportion of the majority in the lower classes feel that if they work they are not very much better off than if they do not work. Therefore they actually resent working, in a sense understandably if you are no better off when you get up and go to work every day than when you don’t. You can understand why people would feel bitter.
Well stated.....a very insightful piece.
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