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Why the women's position in somali community (say in a lot other communities also) is always in QUESTION??????

SomaliNet Forum (Archive): Somali Women's Forum: Archive (Before Sept. 29, 2000): Why the women's position in somali community (say in a lot other communities also) is always in QUESTION??????
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sommy-gal

Thursday, August 31, 2000 - 11:05 am
why do ppl always argue about whether the lady should stay at home and raise kids or should she go out and work?
why is it only her position in the society is the center of confussion??
nobody is asking about why the the men should go out to earn a living??
and why is always okay with somali family for the guy to do what ever he feels like doing and for the gals......."ooo she is just a gal".....and..."she will bring a bad name to the family".....and....."ooo u r a gal....dont compare urself with the guys ....and ..."u cant go there or do this or that"

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colaad

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 07:27 pm
well because they are much more needed,and they are the only ones who get pregnent,and because our bad tradition they are cicumtised,and poor thinking blieve they are infirior against men.
there are alot of reasons which i can not title them all here.
but i think so you have to reformulate your quation,you men"somalis"why do you misstreat us we"somslis"women.

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Anonymous

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 08:43 pm
Waxaan u maleynayaa in xaalada ay dumarka Soomaaliyeed ay tahay arrin ay ayaga sabab u yihiin mana ahan inaan ahay qof naagaha xaqooda maquuniya, lakiin haddii aad si qiyaas leh aad u fiirisid waxaad arkeysaa in ay taasi sabab u yahay, "naagaha", tusaale haddaan u soo qaato, marka xaafaha laga sameeyo Alle bari, laga bilaabo gurigeena, waxaan arki jiray in markasta laga bilaabo raga, dumarka ay yihiin kuwa ugu dambeeya oo ay marar badan xataa qadaan iyo arrimo lake oo badan oo aan halkan ku soo koobi karin, marka weynu wada og nahay qof kasta oo Soomaali ah hoosha weyn ee ay dumarka Soomaaliyyed ay mujtamaceeda kaga hayso, haddi ay baraarugeena waxaan leeyahay waa arrin fiican, in uu mujtamacu xisaabtamo waa loo baahan yahay iyo qof kasta meesha uu mudan yahay lagu ixtiraamo, waxaan kale aan kuu sheegi lahaa in qeybo kala gedisan ee dhaqaalaha waddanka ay naago iska leeyihiin maamulana, sida: shidaalka oo waxaa Muqdisho looga yeeraa OPEC, dahabka, dharka IWM ...

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mohamed

Friday, September 22, 2000 - 09:34 pm
somali gel and coolad dear sisters i agree there is certain things in our culture which might be confusing in a way but hey most if not all other cultures have there bad customs too I.e in india they burn the wife gets burned if her husband dies ohh my god can u imagine that!!!!!!!!!!!
coolaad sister its all in how u think of yourself not how others think of u....be yourself always
respect the culture
a man+ a woman= a family
we need each other
peace

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colaad

Saturday, September 23, 2000 - 08:00 am
mohamed are you reading between the lines?i am your brother simply giving his ideas in this page,the quation why the womans position in somali comunity is always in quastion?is the one you should try to answer it,and give your sugestions if you have some,please read carefully always the other opinions.
"respect the culture"what do you mean?.

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sommy-gal

Thursday, March 15, 2001 - 04:50 pm
first of all to anonymous....
u migth be rite in some ways ...when ya say it is partially due to the somali women...
cause i myself have seen a lot of somali women downgrading themselves
but that does not mean men,the so called the other-half,should be taking advantage of that, instead of standing up for them and correcting them through thick and thin.and it is not like all somali women are like that.....some of them are forced to be like that because they CANT speak out in the communties they live in.

and to mohammed....
if other nations have bad customs or not,
it is not rite "just because it is a culture, we should support its bad face and good face both.
it is said by all wise men,
take all good things from any culture that u see, and leave all the bad ones...and let all the dirt filter out of ur present culture..
in that way u will get a pure and clean that migth examplify the future generations.

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