Right. So if they had slavery you wouldn’t allow yourself to say that that was wrong cause that’s there culture and it used to be legal in the US. Brilliant.

I judge. Beating women is bad. People who justify it are schmucks.

someone turned over the ruling. read that on yahoo news or something.

He’s my ex-husband now….

It’s only been 90 years since women got the vote, after all. That’s not even a whole century, yet. Hardly enough time for anything significant to happen in the world.

I didn’t take this article as a “there they go again, those wacky Saudis”, but merely as another example where women are treated like dirt in a culture that doesn’t mind doing so.

Also, I fail to see how people can mix in elements of both moral relativism and absolutism in one thought. By saying that one culture is no better than another, then that would imply that not only are all cultures are able to exist without external influence and/or criticism, but also that what is considered right in one culture can be carried over to others without question, as all cultures are equal. At the same time, the same person infers judgment on their own culture to be poor because it doesn’t meet the expectations of an absolute standard of morality. This seems logically incongruous.

In this case, by saying that this is acceptable in Saudi culture simply because it’s their culture, what’s the moral impedance for it to not be accepted in non-Muslim countries? By not criticizing it, we accept it, no? Also, we can’t be respectful of a culture and yet still criticize? Honestly, I just viewed this piece as a “well, that’s odd” article, but if it’s going to be taken as “hot-button ranting”, then the prophecy fulfills itself.

I believe the next topic under discussion was about why Argentinians are so morally and socially corrupt!

I knew there was a reason I liked the Cultural Relevance semester in Ethics class.

A few centuries ago we were selling (marrying) off our youngest daughters for land and cattle. Or declaring them witches (I know I keep harping on that, but it’s my home state.)

What other views were expressed at this seminar, besides the usual hot-button rantings of dipsticks?

These women are not “doormats”, this is the culture into which they were socialized, it is what they know.
Americans haven’t much to stand on anyway. Women only got the right to vote in 1919, and we still do not receive equal wages for equal work.
There are many ways in which Islam provides more to women than traditional Western christian society. Women in Islam have been traditionally allowed to own their own property, even in marriage they retain their rights to what was theirs before the marriage. According to Islam (but not all islamic countries) women can initiate a divorce from their husbands, and can stipulate certain conditions in a marriage contract.
Until recently Women did not have these rights in the US. Islam has been providing such rights since its inception.

The Islamic Arabic culture has a very different history than we do, we cannot presume to judge. Culture is not static. Values change over time. Right now the conservatives of the Arabic world are gaining control, and a lot of that is a reaction to US actions in the Islamic world.

I wish women were considered equal to men around the world, but they aren’t anywhere. Not in the US, not in Saudi Arabia.
So how about at least a semblance of neutrality here?

You’ve also managed to imply in your headline that this is the same judge that ruled on underage marriage, when it isn’t.

And sure, we’ve got judges in this country against Roe vs. Wade. Have they overturned it? Will we let them?

Besides, this is just one of those “Don’t forget we’re all supposed to hate someone” articles designed to keep our blood pressure up.

Of course it’s hard to tell who’s more to blame – the self centered ego maniac men, or the doormat-esque women that put up with them?