More - to Sandy

Submitted by Isis (Australia), Dec 17, 2011 at 19:23

He's just playing around with foreign women and then he will marry a veiled Turkish Muslim virgin as his family expects him to. There is absolutely no way that he will have a serious relaionship let alone marry a foreign woman. His family will need to keep face within the Turkish community and this is similar to Egyptian ethos.

The only explanation for this behaviour is that in Islamic societies women are secondary and men treat women with disdain. Women from a young age are taught to obey the males of the household and sex before marriage is forbidden for both genders. But is seems that in Turkey it is accepted that the men will have sexual experiences before marriage which will help them in marriage with their virgin brides.

It is best to forget this man as there is no future with him.

Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments".