I agree with e46m3. you "knowingly opened a can of worms"
Your question is loaded with stereotypes of the middle east. Your question may have validity, but you should have stopped typing at the first paragraph.
1. A women was just elected into Government a few weeks back. (It may be the first, not sure, but this is progress)
2. I haven't been in the women's side of a hospital, so I can't comment directly. I am sure you haven't been treated on the men's side, so you shouldn't comment. The hospitals are here to treat people and save lives. I am sure they wouldn't let you die beacuse you are a women. (although if an Arab Doctor read your statement, who knows)
2. What does being felt up in a taxi have to do with the empowerment of middle eastern women? Women are raped in the U.S. and Canada and across the world daily. Does this mean they are repressed, or does it mean that the assaliant was disturbed. There is no relationship between being felt up in a cab and empowerment. Had the perpatrator been caught, he would have been punished.
3. Being able to choose your own husband and when to bear child? I assume you know all of the women and men in the Middle East, and surveyed them to come to that conclusion. I was born in Canada, but parents are Middle Eastern. My sisters both chose their husbands, and one even chose to get a divorce. (WOW, what progress). I have many relatives born and raised in the Middle East who have also chosen their husbands. I know this arranged marriage does happen, but its not just the Middle East, and its diffinately not all the people in the Middle East.
As a philosopher maybe your question should have been: "How can we accelerate the process of the empowerment of women in the middle east?"
Realize that this area is growing and developing. Just as did Canada and the U.S. way back when. With this development will come change.
I agree with e46m3. you "knowingly opened a can of worms"
Your question is loaded with stereotypes of the middle east. Your question may have validity, but you should have stopped typing at the first paragraph.
1. A women was just elected into Government a few weeks back. (It may be the first, not sure, but this is progress)
2. I haven't been in the women's side of a hospital, so I can't comment directly. I am sure you haven't been treated on the men's side, so you shouldn't comment. The hospitals are here to treat people and save lives. I am sure they wouldn't let you die beacuse you are a women. (although if an Arab Doctor read your statement, who knows)
2. What does being felt up in a taxi have to do with the empowerment of middle eastern women? Women are raped in the U.S. and Canada and across the world daily. Does this mean they are repressed, or does it mean that the assaliant was disturbed. There is no relationship between being felt up in a cab and empowerment. Had the perpatrator been caught, he would have been punished.
3. Being able to choose your own husband and when to bear child? I assume you know all of the women and men in the Middle East, and surveyed them to come to that conclusion. I was born in Canada, but parents are Middle Eastern. My sisters both chose their husbands, and one even chose to get a divorce. (WOW, what progress). I have many relatives born and raised in the Middle East who have also chosen their husbands. I know this arranged marriage does happen, but its not just the Middle East, and its diffinately not all the people in the Middle East.
As a philosopher maybe your question should have been: "How can we accelerate the process of the empowerment of women in the middle east?"
Realize that this area is growing and developing. Just as did Canada and the U.S. way back when. With this development will come change.