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Originally Posted by Brillopad

I'm not trying to be argumentative here but what if their husbands were not happy for them to have that freedom - isn't that the crux of the matter?

That's a totally meaningless statement though? What if they WERE happy for them to have that freedom? As many definitely are?

You just assume that all Muslim husbands want their wives controlled because you have a cartoon character image in your head of over a billion people.

Are you genuinely unaware that there are still plenty of Christian men who feel that the woman's place is in the home, etc etc? This was a pretty common view 50/60 years ago and a HUGE number of the older generation believe it to this day. The whole idea of "The Man Of The House" is far from gone from western mindsets.