Courageous Athena, far from home, has posted her brutally honest observations about "honor killings" and the attitudes of women in seemingly modern Jordan. From my perspective, sitting here as the father of three thoroughly modern young women, what she describes can only be called primitive and appalling. Athena is visiting another time as well as another place. And it's not even the most medieval part of the Middle East by far.
Her conclusion?
Don’t believe it when people tell you how modern a lot of the people in Jordan are.It's one big facade.
They may be one of the most modern Middle Eastern countries, and they drive their 8 series BMWs, the women have the nicest clothes, they engage in talks about “freedom” and “feminism,” they seek out capitalistic business ventures, and they can quote Locke and Marx and Hume all they want.
These people are living lies. All the women here are veiled, whether the physical fabric is covering them or not.
And the men are just as blind.
Tip via PoliPundit.
Posted by Alan at November 30, 2004 08:33 PM