Re: Are women subjugated in Pakistani society?
Khadija RA worked, and was rather successful at it.
It is the man's responsibility to provide for his wife and his family; she shouldn't have to support the family. It's the woman's primary responsibility to look after her home and her children and her husband; if these are taken care of - then if she wants to work, why shouldn't she? Sometimes nice shoes cost more money than a husband can spare at the moment. This world would be so much poorer if not for the professional contributions of women. Some of us actually enjoy working! Gives us pleasure, pride, all that jazz.
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- Don't anyone dare suggest that it's haraam, or even frowned upon, for a woman to be employed.
In response to the original post - I'm a woman, and heck yes, women are subjugated in Desi culture. Islam has given us guidelines for how to dress and behave - for both men and women - but Arab and Indian (continentally) men conveniently forget Qur'an and sunnah whenever it suits them.
As I understand it, women are head of the household, but men are the head of the family. It makes sense to me.
Desert bird - where are you getting your opinions from? You sound like you hang out in all the wrong places, at all the wrong times.