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[–]vitunrotta[S] 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I do understand the cultural context but I think it's high time feminists take over the discussion again. Right now the pseudo-defending of Muslim women has been hijacked by literal far-right activists ("oooh look how barbarically they treat their women aahhh!") and they, of course, do not give a rat's ass about the actual plight of these women.

While I get that there are still political and societal tensions due to 911 and all the proxy wars etc. that followed, we as feminists cannot shut up about this anymore. Discussions can be had without being racists or condescending. Ideas, religions, ideologies - none of them should be immune to scrutiny. None.

[–]Amareldys 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Agreed. I think the first step is to let the women from those cultures take the lead, and to support groups that already exist. Maybe we should start a thread of international feminist and women's aid groups.