This is the source : http://www.xpress4me.com/news/uae/national/20007632.html This post was in response to a post in Ask English about arranged marriages as opposed to 'love' marriages. Here is the link to that post: https://www.englishbaby.com/forum/AskEnglish/thread/204784 If you read the article from the link I have posted above, you will see that there are many reasons for an ever-increasing divorce rate in the UAE and, I presume, elsewhere across the world where women are thankfully getting more knowledge and more power. My point in posting these recommendations was to illustrate how far out of touch the writers of these recommendations are. Many of the points are so old fashioned, for example : a. Women like shopping and spending money, so don’t be a miser. Try to offer her gifts and invite her to go out frequently, b. Women need a man to trust and rely on, so don’t disappoint her, c. Men don’t shop that much and they like a contented woman, so don’t be too demanding, d. Women like to talk about themselves, so don’t criticise (sic) them. (criticize was spelled incorrectly in the article so I left it that way, hence the sic). As far as kikam's point about this being aimed at Muslims, I would ask, "What is the difference?" In a world where we should be looking for similarities instead of differences, how can one support a statement like that? Women are women all over the world and men are men. Culture creates differences much more so than religion. I have talked to women and men from virtually everywhere on the planet. The thinking process is much the same, the language is different but underneath it all, we are pretty much the same. My point is, get with the times and change your attitudes or the world will leave you behind. Divorce rates are high in the west too, so don't think I am ignoring that. This isn't a Muslim/Christian/Jewish/whatever debate, it's a wake-up call for those parts of the world where governments and cultures have blinders on and cannot see that changes have to be made. Men in the UAE can marry foreign women but women can't. Men in many countries can have four wives but women can't have four husbands. Maybe it's time to look at all of this and figure out what's going on. We have a problem here too in North America with the Morman fundamentalists who can have as many wives as they want, so don't think I am biased. If I am biased, then I am biased against any culture that represses females under the guise of religion or history. We are created equal. The countries that fight for gender equality are the most powerful, creative and successful ones in the world. You can't argue with success.
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