Sexist Societies?

[Deeba1234]

Re: Sexist Societies?

@muqawwee123

How do you define a sexist society? Is it just gender discrimination?

I mean is the term ‘sexist’ or ‘gender discrimination’ well defined and doesn’t change from culture to culture?

In a particular society, what does affect sexist behavior of people? Culture? Religion? or its something else?

Culture (inc family upbringing), religion, media..

@muqawwee123

The real question is: what do women think of their status in western societies and how do they compare status of eastern women with them?

I consider myself lucky to be here.. I had the freedom to choose who I married, who I slept with (rather than being married off to a stranger and expected to do ‘it’ on my wedding night because my parents or inlaws wanted it).. I decide how I dress, if I want to work etc.

We don’t get harassed in the street by men (bar an *occassional *whistle maybe.. certainly don’t get guys trying to touch us up or saying obscene things on a daily basis).. Being molested in public is practically unheard of here and people looking the other way and not wanting to help would be unthinkable nowadays in most places as well.. We aren’t warned not go out alone because it’s not safe or told to have a family member with us because it’s simply not needed..

I saw a report on Al Jazeera about sexual harassment in Egypt a couple of days ago.. It was disgusting.. One woman was stripped naked IN PUBLIC, dragged off and assaulted.. others have been gang-raped IN PUBLIC IN CROWDS of people.. Are we seriously supposed to believe that women in the west have it worse than this??

Western society isn’t perfect by any means but as a female it’s much easier for me to be here than in many other parts of the world..