To Kathy

Submitted by Aaliyah (United Kingdom), Feb 13, 2007 at 05:00

I'm not bitter Kathy. Angry yes, because Morocco is a beautiful country and has good people. I'm just angry at people like Monsef and he's not single to blame who are not Moroccan putting us down. I wasn't born there, but travel there every year and have done all my life for 28 years. It is sad about the prostitution, but I got to understand both sides from an Islamic point of view and from a realistic point of view.

I'ts very hard for marriage in Morocco because the man has to provide for the wife, i;e, a wedding party plus dowry,a home for them,and continuosly supporting them then babies come along. It's hard for a man. Thats why men try their best to marry western women its easy. The women on the other hand have it worse. They're left at home whilst the men try to take advantage they don't want marriage but want fun!! as most men do.

Women are only human, at the end of the day if you lose your virginity in Morocco you are worthless and nobody wants you. So many women have found themselves in that situation whether raped ar stupidly losing it in a moment of passion. So once people find out or your family you are disowned and thrown out on the streets to fend for yourself!! I've known a story like this from a neighbors daughter who got raped and her family found out and she was disowned. Now a girl's gotta eat!! She had no qualifications as she was still young and school costs money to attend. Couldn't find work so she had to sell herself.

She wasn't proud of herself, like women in the western world where they have a choice welfare and so-forth. She had no choice. Lastly as to how they dress!! It's a womens perogative to wear what they want! Why does it bother people, look a Egyptian women,look at Tunisians..we can on and on and on .. Who cares if someone told me to go to a country like you quoted and see how some girls dress I would say good for them. And it's not that bad Kathy. i've just got back from there last month,it's not that bad at all. Lets concentrate on poverty kids dying from starvation rather than women's dress, it's ridiculous.

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