[lit-ideas] Re: Europe (Re: Re: Dutch support killer of van Gogh)
- From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 22:21:45 -0000
RP>John's distinction is the right one,
it is my distinction too, as I'd have hoped would be clear.
But I remain unhappy with the arranged marriage
system.
> That people who rejected their families'/parents' choices broke with
> their families is evidence of not much. There is a long tradition in
> Western literature (as well as in real life) of parents' approving or
> disapproving of the marriage choices their children make, and an equally
> long tradition in art and experience of children going against their
> parents' wishes
I agree. But it's my experience that young Muslim women who rejected
arranged marriage had more to contend with than the standard
"parental disapproval" pressure (I have only known a few such women,
admittedly)
Judy Evans, Cardiff
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