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This is a 9 page paper that provides an overview of abuse against women in Muslim societies. The paper explores how political structure, family structure, and ideological misinterpretation combined to create the conditions for such abuse. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Cultural Contributors to the Abuse of Women in Muslim
Societies , 11/2010 --properly! Within the context of Muslim society, women are often subjected to a variety of abuses, both physical
and psychological. Sadly, nowhere is this form of abuse more common than within the context of the womans own family, stemming from her father and husband. This cultural practice of
abuse is predicated on a mistaken interpretation of the Koran which asserts that the obedience of women must be maintained (by force if necessary), by men. This authoritarian approach to
gender relations is reinforced not just by the misinterpretation of the Koran, but also by various cultural forces including the common existence of violent patriarchal political structures within predominately Islamic
nations. By examining such tendencies, however, several possibilities for improvement, even within Muslim society, present themselves. Certainly, the issue of mistreatment of women in Muslim society has only grown
over the last century, but it has only come to the forefront of mainstream attention during the last decade or so. Consequently, raw numbers concerning the frequency and incidence of
abuse of Muslim women are only available as of recent. That said, the numbers that are available are quite shocking, and leave no doubt as to the presence of a
severe cultural problem that undermines the societal position of women via a conflation of psychological, social, and often physical abuses. Statistical measurements of the incidence of abuse against women has
revealed a significantly higher incidence in Muslim communities than in predominately non-Muslim societies such as the United States. The most recent measures indicate that as much as ten percent of
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