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[Catspaw]

Boy, I'm glad I'm not a Palestinian woman....

[knighthawk]

A poll conducted in the Palestinian Authority by a Palestinian public opinion company shows that a majority of Palestinians are of the opinion that a husband may prevent his wife from working, that a woman should strive to devote herself to her husband and that a husband is entitled to beat his wife if he thinks that she "hurt his manhood".

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Koran quote of the day:

Sura 4:34
Men are the maintainers of women because Allah has made some of them to excel others and because they spend out of their property; the good women are therefore obedient, guarding the unseen as Allah has guarded; and (as to) those on whose part you fear desertion, admonish them, and leave them alone in the sleeping-places and beat them; then if they obey you, do not seek a way against them; surely Allah is High, Great.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

"Islam is a religion of peace." </sarcasm>

[My2Cents]

And these are the people reflexively supported by the left in the United States and in Europe....

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

If your wife hurts your manhood, go back to the missionary position. It's safer.

[Temple Drake]

Here's the plan: we round up all our loudest, furriest feminazis and marry them off to the AlQaeda dudes. That will keep both sexes so busy and confused that neither will have time to trouble the world any further.

[Uncle Miltie]

“56.9% of Palestinians feel that it is a husband’s right to hit his wife if he thinks she hurt his manhood...”

Is that a self-perception or an organ?

[Alouette]

“47.1% feel that there is no need for intervention of social or law enforcement agencies in instances of husbands attacking wives, because that is a family problem..."

“68.5% of Palestinians feel that the [Palestinian] Authority should legislate firm punitive legislation for violence against women...."

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“73.9% feel that a woman must think of how to become a mother and wife rather than engage in her economic and social freedom..."

"86% of Palestinians feel that the [Islamic] traditions and customs retard advancement of women..."

275.5% of Palestinians can't do simple arithmetic. </sarcasm>

[Billthedrill]

a husband is entitled to beat his wife if he thinks that she "hurt his manhood".

...it's better, of course, to wait until she releases it from the laundry wringer...

[sharktrager]

Given that one can ask most any Imam and be told that it is acceptable for a husband to use corporal punishment on his wife, this seems like a stupid thing for a Palestinian poll. In fact, at Ask the Imam not only do they condone the use of corporal punishment, they compare one's spouse to a slave girl. They actually explained that the reason a man can have sex with both a slave girl and a wife is because the ownership of the slave girl is an acceptable substitute for a marriage. Heck, they even refer to female circumcision as "commendable".

[Route66]

“47.1% feel that there is no need for intervention of social or law enforcement agencies in instances of husbands attacking
wives, because that is a family problem..."

“68.5% of Palestinians feel that the [Palestinian] Authority should legislate firm punitive legislation for violence against
women...."

I think these are the two most telling results of this poll.

About half (and we can assume that's mostly the women half) of those polled want help from law enforcement in domestic beatings.

More than half (which must include some men) think the law should support and punish those who are guilty of domestic violence.

This is actually a fairly large percentage of their society which means the societal norms are really at risk on this issue. The women of this society and some right-thinking men could be the key to real revolution not only among the Palistinians, but in other Arab cultures. I hope it can be exploited for their sake as well as ours.

[Sally II]

I get the impression that Palestinian women probably get beaten on quite a bit. Because I don't think it would take much to insult the manhood of a Palestinian man. A while back someone who had a Palestinians pen pal posted a letter they got from the Pal on some message board. In the letter, the Pal was complaining about how the Israelis were oppressing them, how Children couldn't play in the streets, and how frustrated Palestinian women were beating on their wives. (That sort of pathetic drivel just makes me roll my eyes.) Anyone want to bet that both Palestinian women and men blame their marital abuse on the Jews? "Honey, the Jews are making me so mad and threatening my sense of masculinity, and they leave me no other choice but to beat you up!"

[OldFriend]

Palestinians are real men. They send women and children to fight for them. Pitiful pigs.

[Michael2001]

What peaceful folk