Woman Between Islam and Western Society
3. Western Woman
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respective natures. Any deviation from this course
will cause them to surrender their true place on
life’s map.
A woman’s capacities are clearly different from
those of a man. This very fact is a proof that the
spheres of men and women, in general, are not the
same. The man’s sphere is basically outside the
home and the woman’s is within. If both change
their spheres of activity, both will lose their
respective
identities
and
their
ultimate
meaningfulness in the context of society. Each, in
displacing the other, will have a sense of
disorientation.
ENDLESS PROBLEMS
The Lonely Lady,
a novel by Harold Robbins first
published in the U.S., throws light on one of the
weaknesses of the highly developed society of
America which causes an unmarried woman to
end her life in a state of insufferable loneliness. It is
the story of a beautiful, young, American woman
who, dazzled by the glamour of the film world,
abandons her married life to become an actress.
Her perfect femininity helps her to climb the
