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Not sure what is sicker, the fact that some Saudi family sold their 8 year old off into sexual slavery, or the fact that a Saudi judge (who probably has his own 7 year old sex slave at home) has refused her petition for divorce. Twice. Adulterers they will stone, but child molesters are welcome in Saudi Arabia. Especially if you have money.

Saudi officials are threatening to start regulating the marriages of young girls in response to the negative press in regards to this issue. The fact that Saudi families marry off young daughters for money is not a shock, as pimping out or stoning of one’s daughters (what else do you do with girls right?) are par the course in this, sandy pedo-paradise.

But don’t jump to conclusions, the Saudis are not completely barbaric. The local judge that refused the divorce petition, even knowing the mother filed it and stipulated that her husband traded their daughter away to settle a debt, ordered that he not have sex with her until she reach puberty. What a civililzed gentleman!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8026545.stm

A Saudi cleric has also said “showing both eyes encouraged women to use eye make-up to look seductive”, so he suggest that women start wearing a full gown that covers all but one eye.

Listen Mr. Sheikh Muhammad al-Habadan, you have this all wrong. It’s much easier to just poke every Saudi Arabian woman’s eye out. Then not only do you not have to bother with enforcing laws, you can send them to work with the Somali pirates, because that eye patch will really help them fit in.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7651231.stm

The quote below from the article is sad, but very true in our society. Boys/Men are inherently seen as abusers and potential problems, and have to “prove” themselves as good even from very early ages. Like boys don’t have enough problems to deal with.

“And I acknowledge that for their own protection, boys need to understand that there are people — male and female — who will see them as potential predators, and judge them automatically at fault in any ambiguous situation.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/health/14klas.html?em

http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSN0747426120090408

And though they are thankful for the ability to be sexually liberated, many women, while open to the sexualized culture around them, find themselves feeling inadequate and unable to keep up. Kate Spicer of the Times of London explores this phenomenon, noting that “what is clear is that women find the cultural environment a gigantic cause for performance anxiety.”

“We appear to be living in a golden age of female sexual awareness and fulfilment, doing anything and everything on top of what our sexually naive mothers and grandmothers apparently did out of duty or for a washing machine,” Spicer writes. Yet that golden age has produced a great deal of confusion, anxiety, and feelings of worthlessness for many women who feel that they can’t possibly measure up to the idea of female sexuality that is being put forth by the media. Everything from oral sex skills to pubic hair grooming to getting a post-pregnancy body back in shape, celebrity style has become commercialized, as Dr. Petra Boynton notes: “Sex has become mandatory, competitive and commercialised. Vested commercial interests suggest it could be great, if only you had their product.”

Sex, therefore, takes on a feeling of obligation: not only do women feel the need to groom, perform, and look a certain way, they’re self-esteem takes a hit as well, as they feel a need to tie their self-worth into their sexual performance. If women aren’t having sex, Boynton argues, they feel it is because they are not keeping up with the commercialized images of what a woman should be, and that “sex as a status symbol” “sets up the idea that sex only happens in really pricey knickers. It excludes women. It’s an elitist model from which women without money or a certain body shape are excluded.”

Spicer argues that women are encouraged to feel comfortable talking about sex, but only if it relates to the commercialized values: sexy lingerie, pubic hair grooming, vibrators, etc. The actual dynamics of sex, including masturbation and the vagina, are often brushed aside in favor of the “sexier” more sellable aspects of sexuality. As Boynton tells Spicer, she was invited onto a British television show to discuss sex, but only in certain contexts: “They wanted to do something about empowering women [sexually]. I said: ‘Let’s talk about the clitoris.’” They didn’t like that, “but they were having a pole-dancer on”. No wonder we’re paranoid. You can’t bang on about female self-esteem being the root of all sexual happiness, if everything in culture takes a big pop at it.”

Are Women Sexually Liberated, Or Just Confused? [Times of London]
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