>> CHRISTIAN AMERICAN women HAVE RIGHTS IN THIS COUNTRY!
Better yet, (just plain) women have rights in this country.
And even though they also have rights in this and other countries, they are abused due to the traditions of this or that circle.
The opression of the female gender is due to a fear by men of being dominated by them. It's got nothing to do with the essence of religion, even though reflected in the allegories and symbols here and there.. This fear reaches back to the early days of mankind. Once the subject of awe for bringing forth life in the lack of an understanding of the role of man in conception, women have lost their power only slowly over time. There are still remnants of this power present in society today, however discreet, in the form of "mother" earth, and the "virgin mother" Mary..
Women are making a comeback all over the world, yet only as slowly as they they became opressed. Be patient. There's an old Roman emperor who once said "Hurry slowly."
The oppression of the female gender is due to a fear by men of being dominated by them?
Give me a break here. I was just watching an interview with a religious leader in Iraq and he was trying to explain why women are not supposed to be equal to men. Dominating of women is part of the Muslim religion and no amount of psychological mumbo jumbo is going to change that fact.
The honor killings still occur and the men who commit these honor killings still walk free.
I do hope you are correct about women in these countries finally getting some basic human rights but they can't afford to do what that Roman emperor said..."Hurry slowly"!