Dad lets daughter drown in Dubai so she's not 'dishonored' by male lifeguards' touch

[leftynyc]

229. OK - yes I'm a woman

I don't really wear makeup and never wear high heels (which is why at age 54, I still have very pretty feet). Nobody would ever call my stylish although since tie dye happens to be in fashion at the moment, now may not be the best time to say that. I would never get plastic surgery - the thought of someone taking a knife to my face is very disturbing.

But the second half of your post is really the meat of it. I don't get punished for not doing any of those things. I hang with people who have better things to worry about than the latest fashion. That these women get punished for not conforming is the problem. That they don't have education is a problem. That they can't even walk out of their homes without a male relative is a real problem. Me not wearing makeup is what we call a first world problem. These women are not really competing with eachother - it sounds like they're just trying NOT to be punished. That's no way to live. Women in this country fought for many decades for equal rights - they weren't given to us, those older than us fought for them. I've always maintained the fastest way to get women equal rights in Muslim lands would be to arm all the women. I would have been fine with scooping up all the women in Afghanistan and bringing them here to live. Let the men fight amongst themselves. The problem is not the women - it's the men who make the rules.