Woman Between Islam and Western Society
4. The Problems Facing Modern Civilization
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THE PROBLEM OF MODERN WOMEN
A tourist on a visit to America was once sitting in a
club during a dance, when he was suddenly
approached by an American girl who said to him,
quite sadly, “Mr. Tourist, don’t I have any
glamour?” ‘‘Why, of course you do, replied the
tourist. “Then why don’t the boys date me?” the girl
asked.
“Dating” in western countries refers to the social
custom of boys inviting girls to go out
somewhere with them. In this way, boys and girls
become acquainted with each other before
marriage. This practice has become so common in
western life that a girl who is not “dated” by one
or more boys begins to feel herself of inferior
value on the marriage market. In former times,
dating, as a system of courtship, was confined to
meetings during which conversation could take
place. But then morals became so lax that such
meetings became occasions for sexual intimacy.
The most recent development is to “date” a girl
and then forcibly have sex with her — in fact,
rape her.
