Re: Talking about sexuality, Good/Bad
Their death sentence was overturned wasn’t it? Is that “appropriate punishment”? Really now? Going by the majority of ppl on this forum, its hard to believe there was much support for Mukhtara Mai. She says so herself (in a new article) that “I’m an…honorable lady among people who live abroad. But in my society, I don’t have my honor, it’s a war of survival for me.” Oh and the “if you dress liek a hoe, u deserve to get raped.” have you not seen the last two-three threads on women being pieces of meat? coz that was the basic sentiment there. So yeah, a girl usually IS blamed if she’s molested/raped, for “giving him a chance” or “inviting it” upon herself.
As for the other questions, I find it hard to believe a “religious woman” with a masters had no knowledge abt what happens between husband and wife. Either she was faking it (to show she’s still “innocent”), or he was BS-ing. Religion doesnt stop someone from pursuing such knowledge, esp if they’re getting married, so I dont believe that "religious"ness excuses ignorance.
I think there’s a time and a place to educate your kids abt sex. Like others said, explain to daughters what will happen to them BEFORE it actually happens, don’t let them find out what a period is WHEN they get their first period
:no: And as htey get older, explain to them things like STDs and pregnancy and HIV. I mean at some point you have to explain WHY something is wrong and forbidden, when it comes to certain things, like sex, just saying “Because it is wrong, that’s it” doenst really work when they get older, they need to know why its wrong and why Allah has forbidden it. Ther’es nothing wrong with giving raesons, but for some reason ppl usually think it’s akin to blasphemy, i.e., “No we dont need to give a reason, its haram because its haram, questioning is wrong”-attitude. Also, as uncomfortable as it is, parents (or otther educated, trusted adults) should be the first ones to explain to their kids about sex and everything related to it. We’re not talking about traditional western-safe-sex education, wherein you can do watever you want, screw whomever you want as long as it’s “safe” and u use a condom
but just explaining basic things. You dont want y our kids getting their information from television and the kids on the playground do ya