Woman Between Islam and Western Society
1. A Survey
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that they have already left their parents and
husbands and need to work for a living. If they left
their offices as well, there would be nowhere left for
them to go. If the factory or office were not last in
the line of social and economic refuges for women,
many workplaces would find their female task force
becoming rapidly depleted.
The state of women workers in western offices is no
mere accident, so that legislation can do little to
improve the situation. It is such a serious and
complex matter that no rule or regulation can
effectively deal with it. If we hold that a bird and a
bull are equal and bring them into a field to fight a
duel on an equal footing, as a result of which the
bird gets crushed, can we then stop this cruelty by
imposing laws to this effect? Can there be a law to
prevent a bird from being trampled on when it
encounters a bull?
It has to be conceded that nature has cast men in the
stronger and women in the weaker and more
delicate mold. This accounts for nature making
different demands upon men and women, resulting
in a convenient division of labor. Any alteration in
