Men’s negative view of women [Archives:2007/1115/Community]
Hanan Al-Shibami
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Society has both positive and negative concepts. Some negative concepts have changed over time, but others still stick in our minds and it's difficult to change them. One such concept is the negative view of men toward women, a concept that has remained unchanged since Allah created Adam. So, let's look at the mind of men to see how they view women.
Not all, but some men consider women a commodity to be bought and sold, while others view them like a piece of furniture to be changed whenever they want. Still others consider women toys to play with until they get bored and then throw them away.
Some men believe women are less than men in religion and mind, according to the Prophet Mohammed's sayings; however, they've misunderstand the Hadith, simply interpreting it as they want. As an example of this, one husband stated, “I never take my wife's opinion on anything because she's less than me in both mind and religion.”
Some Yemeni villages have additional negative concepts, such as considering a woman's name shameful and feeling embarrassed when anyone knows wives' and/or sisters' names. Some men go so far as to even dislike accompanying their wife or sisters anywhere because they don't want anyone seeing them together, as if such family relatives bring shame to the man.
Another negative concept of some men involves those women who request their help on the job – or anywhere, for that matter – because men immediately think badly of such women. Unfortunately, some men don't think of women as people with minds, but rather as movable dolls. Although we're now living in the 21st century, we still have these concepts.
Men actually don't need to blame women for listening to what's called “women's liberation” in the West, whereupon women seek any way possible to be equal with men and care about such things as fashion and makeup.
Do you know why? Because they don't find themselves living in this type of society, losing their self-confidence and searching for anything to feel that they exist in this world, even following after silly things.
To conclude, women aren't asking to be equal to men; rather, they want to be respected as human beings with both rights and duties. They have the ability to do great things; they simply seek the chance to do so.
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