Woman Between Islam and Western Society
4. The Problems Facing Modern Civilization
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laid down rules for their relationship with each
other: on reaching a sufficiently mature stage of
development, they were to marry, have children
and, by a process of mutual co-operation, make a
home in which to bring up those children, thus
providing a stable base for the progress of mankind.
But western modernity became so preoccupied with
the concept of freedom, that it dispensed with the
kind of bonds which held men and women together
in a healthy family relationship. The resulting
disregard for the institution of marriage gave birth
to various kinds of evils in western society, as may
be judged from the above-mentioned examples.
The free mixing of men and women, with the sexual
liberation it implies, is wholly against nature. In
matters of sex, a woman prefers a single partner. It
is in her nature to love only one man faithfully.
Men, on the other hand, are promiscuous by nature.
In a situation, therefore, where freedom of sexual
relationships is damaging to faithful sexual
partnerships, it is the women who suffer
psychologically. Emotionally, they have to pay a
very high price for their emancipation.
