Woman Between Islam and Western Society
1. A Survey
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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND
WOMEN
In every period of history — even today in western
developed countries — women have remained
subordinate to men. The western upholders of the
so-called women’s lib movement are still saying
that this is not a natural division and that the
difference should be attributed to artificial social
conditioning. Recent research, however, has
discredited this supposition.
We reproduce below a report on this issue
published in
Daily Express:
“It is a rough old world for women, as the
feminists never cease to remind us. They
blame centuries of social conditioning — a
kind of conspiracy whereby men all over the
world somehow contrive to keep women in a
subordinate role. A much simpler, and more
probable explanation is that universal male
dominance stems not from social oppression
but fundamental differences between the
sexes.” This is the view put forward by
Professor Steven Goldberg of New York in his
