Woman Between Islam and Western Society
4. The Problems Facing Modern Civilization
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and the movement is not going anywhere. It hasn’t
accomplished anything.”
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Due to this experience, feminist extremists in
western countries demand a complete withdrawal
from dependence on men, including sexual ties.
Village Voice
columnist Jill Johnston, for example,
insists that “feminism is lesbianism,” and that it is
only when women do not rely upon men to fulfill
their sexual needs that they are finally free of
masculine control.
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Living together like husbands and wives is not so
simple a matter. Many problems have to be faced.
For instance, if the couples want a child, how to find
one? Modern medical science has provided the
answer in the form of artificial insemination.
Two women from Holland, Paula Deijs and Jeanine
Haaksman lived together like husband and wife.
Then they felt a desire to have a child. For this
purpose they contacted the Lydden Institute of
Birth Control. Their first attempt did not succeed,
but in the second attempt Paula Deijs became
pregnant. Through the semen of an unknown
person a child was born to them. The child was
