[ZULU]

Interesting.

I think the author places TOO much emphasis on a male-dominated culture as the aource of these problems. Until relatively recently, western Europe and America itself were patriarchical societies, but the attitude towards women and children was far different from that described here.

A sense of family honor and blood feuds, even in the U.S. were at one time not unusual.


But I believe the overlying patina of Christianity served as controlling factor. On the contrary, Islam seems to encourage and develop these tendencies.

[happygrl]

The patriarchal culture of western Europe bears no comparison with the "shame-honor" Arab/Muslim culture. It is an entirely different world-view. Western culture is based on a morality model in which truth is the standard. Arab/Muslim culture is based on the honor/shame model in which saving face is the standard. Don't be confused by the patriarchal/matriarchal issue.

That's not the underlying pathology.