Go on give her a ring or a ring and say you like her books when you don't and Viv it really doesn't matter if he doesn't like your books. A bit of mystery doesn't do anyone any harm. Keep them to yourself.
That must help but even when two or more people in the same family are brought up by the same parents with the same ethics and behaviour corrections a personality problem can develop in just one of the children for instance.
I don't think I'll bother befriending men; well not invite them home anyway. It's curious that it happens mainly to men. That sounds like a primitive gene for overpowering a woman to me.
And, yes, I did see the brain part of the programme.
If I had been through the same then shut myself away it would be said that I needed therapy.
By continuing to wear the veil NS is playing that same game that started all the problems. ie her relatives' culture.
If she broke away from her veil she may feel liberated instead of subservient.
I'm afraid that I don't see this the way others are.
I know people in her situation and I think it's interesting that she hesitated when asked whether she wished her daughter to wear a veil.
I say again that it will change and the sooner the better. Woman hiding this way are playing the game and are oppressed.
I'd like to see her walk tall. I see her wearing the veil as a confirmation that she SHOULD be hiding. By her own admission, she goes both ways depending on how exposed she's feeling.
I can go one step further and tell you that a boyfriend bought me a book called, "The Sensitive Person".
I read quite a bit of it and it would seem I am one. I finished with said boyfriend and so I gave it to my new love interest who was equally sensitive if not then more.
You are very naive if you think that they have a choice. I saw a woman beaten for removing her scarf.
Like a lot of women, they will tell you it's their choice when they are dominated by their men. You should take it with a pinch of salt.
And as for looking elegant. Try telling that to their men. They basically want to see their women covered up. Some even have their eyes covered.
It will change and the sooner the better. It could be very damaging for the young girls who are forced to wear it and at the same time be expected to be part of a modern society.
Don't get me started! I know quite a lot about this stuff.
You see Jac I do think it's different. Simply because it's a rule made by their religion and their men. It's not practical in a country like ours and at least I have a choice.
I honestly believe that if we'd stuck to this rule as other countries do then these costume problems would not hold up and certain folk wouldn't venture out of their own environment.
Religion is a way of thinking and I can understand that everyone should have freedom to think. This is where I would have drawn the line.
Whilst we condone the wearing of this hideous garment we are breaking many of our own rules of human rights (it starts for ten year old girls). Canada may be a little braver in saying so.
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