Woman Between Islam and Western Society
3. Western Woman
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Marcia Heuber’s
world is one of seasons and crops,
dawn-to-dusk farm chores, the kitchen and children
in a rambling farmhouse. When she was in high
school, Marcia told
Time,
“My biggest goal was to
get married.” Though she works just as hard as her
husband, Roger, she has no doubts about where she
stands in relation to him: “I still feel the male sex
should be dominant. I want my husband to feel he
is the head of the household. We decide things
together, but I think the final word should mostly
be his.”
Marcia also found time for social service activity
like teaching Sunday school, playing the church
organ, and so on. She is deeply proud of the life she
has carved out for herself: ‘Being married and
having a family were the most important things for
me. I’m very happy with my profession.”
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Lynn Young
is 33, attractive, unmarried and likes
it that way. “I wanted to be a surgeon,” she
admitted, “but a friend at Stanford medical school
discouraged me. He showed me how tough
medicine is for a woman.” Lynn never feels the least
pressure to marry. “There simply aren’t that many
