Response to DPD, Womens rights in the Middle East

Although I agree with DPD’s assessment that women are lacking rights and are discriminated against in the Middle East. I also felt after reading the post that DPD believed women were on the verge of being liberated. I strongly disagree with this idea. The liberation of women goes against almost every part of life in most Middle Eastern countries. First of all the religion of Islam, of which most of the Middle East follows, advocates the control of women. Also the fashion of women in the Middle East seems to prevent them from raising their social status as well. It would be unheard of for a Muslim woman to not cover every part of her body; it has been part of Islamic religion and law for centuries and will not be abolished easily. Women in the Middle East will not be liberated on a large scale in our lifetime at least. This is because to change women’s place in society would literally go against their religion. Unless most of the Middle East changes its religion I don’t think women will be easily liberated. Muslims will not change their religion, and it is growing larger every day compared to other major religions. Also another major factor that will prevent women from moving up the social ladder is that most Middle Eastern people tend to reject westernization, and a key part of westernization is the liberation and suffrage of women. Most people in the Middle East want to hold on to their culture, and not conform to our modern way of life. One huge part of their culture is that women are discriminated against, and they will not give up such a huge part of their culture without a fight. The Middle East wants to move back in time, and not westernize. Also in the post you commented on women being a minority in the Middle East. Although the text does support that in Dubai men outnumber women by 3:1, I don’t think that is true throughout the Middle East. My guess is that the ratio of men to women is closer to 1:1 throughout the Middle East. All of these factors lead me to believe that women are going to be oppressed in most of the Middle East for a long time.
D.P.S.