Thursday 2 February 2012

Representing Womanhood

In recent months there has been a lot of news coverage about a Muslim father killing his 3 daughters for their adoption of the Western lifestyle.  This case not only shows religious diversity, but also gender diversity.  The father viewed his daughters as family embarrassment and misrepresenting Muslim women, including wearing make-up, and taking what was considered racy photos as dishonouring his family and the role women are supposed to take.  This  link shares the full story.

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