Yes and women are half the value of a man.

Submitted by Chelsea (United States), Nov 30, 2019 at 10:55

As far as these men are concerned...these women can HAVE THEM. We don't want that and do not have to accept that kind of control.

What these women fail to realize is that not all western women are loose, smoke and do drugs.

Western women are free thinkers and have rights to defend them for they are seen as humans instead of property. Oh yes...we have done our studies. Most of the women there are placed in arranged marriages and their life is worth so little to the men that if they step out of line...they can be honor killed, with little to no punishment for the men.

For gosh sakes, they can have up to 4 wives and that would not sit well with a western woman.

Even if they come to the west, there have still been honor killings.

There are prisons that women who are in danger of being killed where women are protected from their men and even their family. There is no honor in honor killing.

So yes Jessica...these women are whipped from the beginning. It is a sad truth. To these men like this, these women are nothing more than property. Their animals are worth more to them than a precious woman.

Western women are free thinkers, we do not need someone to tell us what to think. We work and provide for ourselves as do men here. We will not take abuse because we have the opportunity to kick the man to the curb if he gets abusive. I feel sorry for the women there.

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