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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 113714" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>So very scary, but very much a reality for so many women.</p><p></p><p>The university in my town has given us a lot of diversity, more than most universtiy towns, simply because we are an agricultural school. One friend of mine in high school was very afraid of this. He mother had a Ph.D. and was working on her second one. Her father ran a foreign foods store. HE ruled. What her mother thought, wanted, believed, whatever had NO value in their house. My friend was a very straight arrow until after graduation. She managed to find her birth papers and citizenship papers one day. She moved out the next.</p><p></p><p>We still are close, and her dad has come a long way, but they had a marriage arranged for her back in Libya, and at one point during college tried to forcibly send her to Libya. This man had visited, he was 20 years older and very very violent. He backhanded her when she was "late" coming home for dinner. It was their first meeting.</p><p></p><p>Her mother ONLY stood up to her father when it came to female castration. It caused a major battle, apparently, and her mother only won because it would "shame" her father to be brought before the courts in the US.</p><p></p><p>My friend is now happily married with 2 little girls. Her husband is NOT muslim, and clearly she has equality in her marriage. I am very happy for her, because she has escaped the horrific life her father had planned.</p><p></p><p>I remember, clearly, having her sleep over at my house and several other friends who had strong fathers at home while they "worked out" the female castration issue. It still sends shudders up my spine. About 6 of us had her "spend the night" and we were working up a pool for her to leave town. </p><p></p><p>There is no Honor in the treatment of women in so many countries. And in some faiths.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 113714, member: 1233"] So very scary, but very much a reality for so many women. The university in my town has given us a lot of diversity, more than most universtiy towns, simply because we are an agricultural school. One friend of mine in high school was very afraid of this. He mother had a Ph.D. and was working on her second one. Her father ran a foreign foods store. HE ruled. What her mother thought, wanted, believed, whatever had NO value in their house. My friend was a very straight arrow until after graduation. She managed to find her birth papers and citizenship papers one day. She moved out the next. We still are close, and her dad has come a long way, but they had a marriage arranged for her back in Libya, and at one point during college tried to forcibly send her to Libya. This man had visited, he was 20 years older and very very violent. He backhanded her when she was "late" coming home for dinner. It was their first meeting. Her mother ONLY stood up to her father when it came to female castration. It caused a major battle, apparently, and her mother only won because it would "shame" her father to be brought before the courts in the US. My friend is now happily married with 2 little girls. Her husband is NOT muslim, and clearly she has equality in her marriage. I am very happy for her, because she has escaped the horrific life her father had planned. I remember, clearly, having her sleep over at my house and several other friends who had strong fathers at home while they "worked out" the female castration issue. It still sends shudders up my spine. About 6 of us had her "spend the night" and we were working up a pool for her to leave town. There is no Honor in the treatment of women in so many countries. And in some faiths. [/QUOTE]
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