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@Deeba1234

^ Totally agree and welcome to the forum Tamsin..

I don’t know why some ppl think there would be less sexual abuse in our societies, I mean I know it’s a different thing but there’s certainly more sexual harassment going on in most Muslim countries than in the west. Can you imagine going shopping in London and having some random man try and touch you up or seeing someone playing with his privates whilst u walk by him??

In Saudi Arabia it’s pretty common for Fillipino maids to get abused by their employers (the mothers/wives often turn a blind eye and reason that the men are simply ‘frustrated’ and have high sex drives that need to be satisfied), so much so that the Philippines embassy keeps ‘safe houses’ for this very reason, for girls who are rescued or have escaped abuse. It’s really a myth that abuse occurs less in our Muslim societies, it’s just nearly always hushed up cos there are still the messed up ideas of abuse victims being ‘damaged goods’, that ‘boys will be boys’ and ppl wondering if the victims somehow brought on the abuse themselves

This assumption has nothing to do with being a “Muslim” country. Islam doesn’t condone sexual abuse. People in Muslim countries will be very anal about the display of provocative images because Islam does not allow it…they might even impose the rule that women should cover themselves head to toe because Islam urges women to dress modestly…but then they don’t want to follow the Islamic advice of “lowering your gaze.”

I think I once read that it’s one of the countries with a more conservative culture that has the biggest problem with viewing porn. You’d think it would be a Western nation.

The problem with Asian culture is that their obsession with the fear of “log kya kahain ge” is an ENABLER of sexual abuse…and it empowers the offender.

In order to protect the girls’ reputations…families are willing to risk their daughters possibly having a LIFETIME of psychological/self-esteem issues. And because little (sometimes NOTHING) is done to punish the offender…the victim begins to feel that she is the guilty one…that she had done something wrong, etc etc. Our people don’t use common sense. I’ve said it before: While desi culture has several positive aspects…it’s also embarrassingly disturbing and sick in some ways.

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