The Xanith/ Why Do I Wear Hajib?

After reading ‘The Xanith’, I still wasn’t clear what the difference between a homosexual and a xanith was in their society? Also, not even on the topic of the xanith themselves, but just seeing all the basic rules in their society for women, like not being able to leave the house at night without the husband’s consent or having to wear a burqa, made me realize how radically different the American society is from the muslim world. I do believe some of their rules are too harsh on women and that women should have the right to be equal to men, but I don’t think our society would be able to function with those types of rules. Seeing how much more modern America is, I don’t believe we’d be able to keep up our modernization if we had to live with rules like that. Reading ‘Why Do I Wear Hajib’, i saw a sort of, flip, in the theory that wearing a hijab brought a women down. I’d think that some women would hate wearing that, but Sultana writes that it, ‘is actually one of the most fundamental aspects of female empowerment’. Also reading the handout called ‘The Way We Live Now’, it brought up a lot of valid points about how women have been getting their jobs. It’s sort of a harsh article, and makes seem like women haven’t really done any of the hard work, and it’s just because men are wilting, that women are growing. I don’t agree with that, but it’s a well-written article.

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