Women's Lunacy
Jamil Ziabi Al-Hayat - 03/07/06//
Kuwaiti women have struggled for a long time to obtain their rights. As soon as they managed to obtain some of them, they intentionally began to forget their obligations and rights.
Women have gained nothing from the recent Kuwaiti National Assembly elections. It came to my attention at the time that, on its front page, 'Al-Rai Al-Aam' published the requests of one of the candidates, Taiba Ibrahim. She presented these requests in a so-called controversial seminar. She wanted to pass a series of legislations to compensate women for the years of injustice that they have suffered in Kuwait. Her requests included the following: men should not be allowed to have more than one wife at a time, a man should have his wife's permission to divorce her, and that men and women should have equal inheritances, salaries and should have equal opportunities for leading positions. Moreover, she insisted that a woman should receive a sum of money equal to half the alimony a man pays, and that a divorced husband should bear some of his ex-wife's financial burdens.
During the election campaign, Kuwait saw a massive turnout of women. It seemed like an attempt of a military disengagement, or, conversely, to highlight the timeless 'Genders Battle'.
Women in the Gulf, not just in Kuwait, seem aggressive and greedy, not only in terms of sentiments, rights and obligations: they would like to throw men from their perch and marginalize them as though man was not the 'other half' of woman, each with rights and obligations under Islamic law.
The image of women (of course, not all women) in the new millennium is that they are more stubborn and violent than men, regardless of the attempts to help them and the expression of sympathy for their issues. It seems that a day will come when men will yell in unison: "Give us back our rights! Women have repressed our feelings! They oppress us and ignore our legal rights!"
I remember a story, but I do not know if it is true. It was emailed to me by a friend who champions women's rights. In Dallas, USA, a market was opened to sell husbands. Women could go there to pick a suitable husband from a large collection.
The market consisted of a five-storey building. The further up the building you went, the better the traits of the men, and the advantages they possessed. The only rule there was that if a woman opened the door to any storey, she should either pick a husband or go up to the next storey. She cannot go back down, and if she leaves the building, she will not be allowed in ever again.
Two friends went to the market to find suitable husbands. On the first storey, there was a sign that read: 'Men here have prestigious jobs and love children'. The friends said to each other: "Well! That's better than unemployed men, or men who do not love children - but let's see the second storey anyway."
On the second storey, the sign read: 'Men here have high-paying jobs, love children, and are very handsome'. "Mmm", said the girls, "But what else is there?" On the third storey, the sign read: 'Men here have high-paying jobs, love children, are very handsome, and help out with the housework'. "Wow, great!" they cried, "But what's upstairs?"
On the fourth storey, the sign read: "Men here have high-paying jobs, love children, are very handsome, help out with the housework, and are romantic'. "Oh my God! Imagine what we'll find on the fifth storey!" the two girls exclaimed.
They went up to the fifth storey. There they found a sign that read: 'No men here. This storey is empty. It only exists to prove that it's impossible to satisfy women!'
The fact is that some women are strange. Nothing pleases them. I dread to see the day when men will beg women for their rights, and these women have no idea of rights and obligations. If this happens, we will be isolated and helpless.
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