area. Many American Muslim women are discriminated against because they cover their heads; Pakistani women have political rights but are often exploited; Saudi Women have no public role, yet they are the most secure and protected. The negative stereotypes of Muslim women probably arise from this varying treatment of women. This comes handy for the Western media, whose favorite pastime is to latch on to a few examples of illogical and aberrant behaviour and brand Islam as an “orthodox” religion, especially
communal society, gender is not seen as a factor leading to social otherness, as the institutions and social rules which create that in our own reality are lacking there: there is no marriage institution, relationships come with no strings attached, women’s sexuality is in no way oppressed, and so