mains the husbands. Thisforces the wife to rely on the husband for her daily needs. (i.e.food,clothing,sexual pleasure) This gives the man a very large advantagebecause the woman cannot survive without his support and a man may refusesupport for a number of reasons.1. If she leaves the house without his permission2. If she refuses to give herself to him3. If the woman is a renegade4. If the woman who obeys the husband's son or his father or kiss either with lust or anything that might put her relation with her husband on a prohibited degree.5. If the marriage contract is imperfect (i.e. if she had sex with someone by mistake, the man thinking she was his Wife)6. If the wife is too young to have sex7. If the wife is imprisoned even if innocent8. If the wife doesn't surrender herself in his home on the day due to illness.9. If a wife was raped10. If a wife goes to perform a pilgrimage (she in this case would not be under her husbands care at this time)These instances of inequality among men and women of Islam where not theisolated or uncommon examples. I found that for the most part this is the waythe Islamic women live their day to day lives. Unusual to Americans this is thenorm for that part of the world and many people both men and women are fightingto keep it that way. Many of their beliefs are suprising, but are their resultsjustified? Their goal is to secure a descent wholesome family free of adulteryand divorces. However unusual they believe their means are justified....
