Written Vs. Not Written Stuff: Divorce Rights and Muslim Women Lives Part II

Part II of our quarterly collab by moi :). Wassalam.

The Human Lens

Part II Written by Papatia Feauxzar

Bismillah,

If we pay close attention to the media of many Muslim dominated countries, we will notice a very disturbing trend. In fact we will see women battered in films; fiction or not. We will also see the femme spectrum being degraded to sex trafficking, used like cheap property and worse, called very degrading names. This is a huge blow to women’s self-esteem. Many start to internalize this constant sentiment toward them as normal. And it’s disappointing. What’s more outraging is the fact that Muslim parents in those dominated Muslim countries will not pause and think, “Wait a minute, we need to censor or monitor this type of behavior in films because it might negatively pave the way our young children, especially young boys look at women.”

The irony is that these same people and parents would click the TV off the minute they…

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