- You heralded bad news to your family the minute your mom found out she was pregnant with a girl.
- You could’ve been buried alive at birth. Be grateful.
- You must get married, you must get married, you must get married, you must- you must!
- The family’s entire honor is between your legs. Keep them closed.
- Your brother can do whatever he wants but you need to stay at home and learn how to be a housewife.
- Red lipstick makes you a whore.
- Becoming labeled as a spinster or promiscuous by society should be your biggest fear.
- You were only put on this earth to please your man.
- If you were to be sexually harassed or raped, it would be completely your fault- because you should’ve covered yourself up some more!
- He killed her to redeem the family’s honor, and cleanse its reputation from the shame she caused them.
- You should be forced to wear a hijab and cover your entire body so as to not lure men. Religion said so.
- No man will marry an independent, stubborn, out-spoken, successful woman. Don’t be like that, tsk tsk tsk.
- Learn to love double standards.
- Your life and your body are under the control of your father, your brother or your husband, never your own!
- It’s perfectly normal to marry some man you’ve never met before because his mom liked the way you looked at your cousin’s wedding.
- You haven’t really accomplished anything unless you’ve gotten married.
- You’re expected to bleed on your wedding night; otherwise you’re definitely not a virgin and should be shot to cleanse the family name!
- You need to get married, you need to get married, you need to get married, you need to- you need to!
- You will be fat-shamed by both men & women. Better watch those calories!
- You’re expected to be in a constant competition with other women!
- That’s too short! This is too tight! Oh my god, that’s too revealing!
- If you marry someone from a different nationally, you’ll have no right to pass on your citizenship to your children, whom you’ve carried for nine months. Accept the fact that you’re a second-class citizen.
- You’re expected to produce male children. It’s your ultimate goal in life.
- He is entitled to marry four women. Religion said so.
- Remember, it is you who tempted him to rape you, it is you who provoked him enough to hit you; it’s always your fault.
- There is no such thing as rape in the setting of marriage.
- Your paycheck, if he’s kind enough to let you work, is his. Hand it over at the end of every month with a kiss on his cheek.
- He hits you because he loves you. And let’s not deny the fact that you were asking for it.
- Honor killings are an acceptable solution. Marrying your rapist is another acceptable solution.
- Your “reputation” is everything.
- What you lack in looks, you better make up for in the kitchen!
- “هم البنات حتى الممات”. Know this. Memorize this. Laminate this. Teach it to your children. Repeat it regularly.
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Awesome! Love it !
Sharing big time!
Sad but true…
I hope you don’t mean to depict all women’s situations in the Middle East. As far as I know, there is no such thing as ONE situation.
Conservatism and liberalism usually blend, but i agree that most laws are unfair and that in most countries women are second class citizens.
I agree!
Love how you expressed every issue.