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| Former Uzbek Moslem - wed at 10 - no sympathy from Feminists - her story |
| 2004-12-07 |
| My name is Fatima and I'm an ex-Muslim woman. I was born into a fanatic Muslim family in Uzbekistan...I was married off to a Muslim man. I was 10 and he was a 60-year-old brute. He promised my stepmothers that he would not sleep with me until I reached the age of puberty. But he came to my room soon after our marriage took place...I decided to find a newly-established feminist organization as I hoped they would listen to my story and help me. Of course they couldn't help me as they were too busy celebrating someone's birthday...I'm trying to forget my past. However it's really hard to do as my husband managed to nearly ruin my life. I will never have children because of premature sex. I have never had boyfriends because I'm afraid to be touched by men in a 'romantic' way. I'm working with a psychologist to get over this complex. I think everyone understand why I'm no longer a Muslim. |
| Posted by:mhw |
| #8 lol .com! Mom = shreaking lady in the bag that Dad pounds all the time |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-12-07 1:25:50 PM |
| #7 Toss in the fact that, in many Islamic societies, Mom is a phreakin' ninja whose face they won't see after toilet training, and you can get some extreme Oedipal effects... |
| Posted by: .com 2004-12-07 1:22:33 PM |
| #6 What explains why their sons are so screwed up and women hating is because their mothers take out their frustration at being cattle on the little guys while their young and defenseless. Muslim mothers are extremely domineering and extremely ambitious for their children. Its a given part of muslim culture to pinch and slap the hell out of kids who are disobedient or not attentive in their studies. It makes for a hell of a complex later on. |
| Posted by: peggy 2004-12-07 1:18:31 PM |
| #5 By being virulently anti-birth control, combined with being polygamists? |
| Posted by: Jules 187 2004-12-07 11:17:47 AM |
| #4 What I wonder is how, if they treat their women so badly, they multiply like rabbits. Maybe it explains why their sons are so screwed up. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-12-07 11:10:44 AM |
| #3 Yvonne Ridley, call your assignments editor. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-12-07 10:47:46 AM |
| #2 I'm sure the Corrie family will take up the lady's cause... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-12-07 10:33:36 AM |
| #1 Mary Daly? Catherine McKinnon? This should be just up your alley. *crickets* |
| Posted by: Steve from Relto 2004-12-07 10:30:08 AM |