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     | Tuesday, March 20, 2001 - 12:31 pm I grow up in Somalia but left when I was age 16,that was 14yrs ago. As I remember my mother used to watch us. Although I wasn't the only who was suffering for that but, I cannot worked out why our parents a so hard to us I mean us a girls. Have you being suffer or have you had similar experience either your mothr or someone who brought U up. Ps plz not silly commends
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| | Tuesday, March 20, 2001 - 03:24 pm islam respects women in the sence that we have to cover ourselfs to prevent any attack from male or whatever. i have been raised the same way as u, where they would allow the guys to do things but not us girls. They really make us suffer, i.e. sometimes ijust feel that it is not fair and used to cry. But now i have realised that it has all ended as a respected person. If it wasnt for the strictness of my parents iwouldnt have reached this far. uc parents wants the best for thier kids and most of all scared the word of ceeb. what do u think our generation will bring to our kids? obvoiusly we wont do the same things but why not?
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| | Tuesday, March 20, 2001 - 03:53 pm NOOOOO, I was not raised like that at all, I was the guy and my brother like the girl. we kind of exchanged roles which used to bug me at times and still does now. Like when I am walking like a guy or act like one even though I am a grown women. Most of the guys stay away from me because I know too much about them and very little about girls. I used to play with all of my brother's toys, like the soccer balls, bikes, kites and yet he used to stay home with my mom, which made me say, "aren't you a guy, why are you sitting in here and not at least playing with me when my friends are not around. Anyways Now I am a nice girl who walks like a guy, eats with guys argues with them, competes them and disgusted when thy try to flirt with me. all I am saying here is consider yourselves lucky sisters and thank your family cuz you were raised the right way I was too, but I just had too much freedom that I get confused about my gender at one point in my life and that is why I am called soldier by my friends. Have fun girls. Anisa
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| | Tuesday, March 20, 2001 - 04:21 pm to anisa wiilo;- what make u be with guys while u have a bunch of girls next door. u surely would like to act like guys cuz your hormones are 75% man and only 25% is a woman, so by the time it is 2005 u will properly be a full man and your kids will have 2 fathers, and no mother at all.the only think to stop this is to use alot of body lotion and make-up till u flexible and soft, u have to be sweet for guys and speak like a woman too.
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| | Tuesday, March 20, 2001 - 04:24 pm Faisa I understand where U R coming from girl. Somalians are led to believe that only Somali women do the laundry and dishes. Back home, on fridays, I used to visit my uncles house. The house consisted of 11 boys and about 12 girls.....But surprisingly enough I used to witness the girls doing all the cooking/cleaning and all the boys were good at was playing foodball and coming home late for their meals. I just wish kids were taught to do everything for themselves earlier on in their youth...... Well my dad raised me as equal as my brother. But as far as mom was concerned..........my brother was a golden child. He is, till this day, not allowed to wash his own cup of tea. Inshallah if I have kids in the future...........I will try to raise them as equal as possible. Then again, having said that, the pressures of our culture might hold me back..........Coz our elders might say........."Get the boys out of the kitchen". PEACE
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| | Tuesday, March 20, 2001 - 04:31 pm looooooooooooool@Anisa.....disgusted when guys flirt with u....!!! Sistah what planet do u live in.....!!! All i gotta say is i neva experienced any strictness from my mother......if there is any it would be from my religious brothers who used to make me read quran, wear hijab, come back home not after mid nite........and do all the right thingz...........and of course i hated it when i was young but i'm grateful to it now....that i'm grown up.........!! My mother never said no to me......i always did thingz the way i wanted....and when she says no i'de cry and scream till she said yes......!! It's all about how u suck up to ur mother and what u do for her.....no mama is gonna be strict on u and mean to u if u r always good to her and listen to her and dont miss use her trust....!! Yes some mothers have attitude and thanx god my mom aint like that but if u're mom is one of those mothers.....dont 4get she still is ur mother....and u cant do nothin' about it....u cant get another moma right......so just get used to it and be the best u can be....be patient and try to be ur moma's friend.....thats all i can say...!! Betta flash so LaTa..
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