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I agree with aspects of this post. Not sure I agree about the Islamic part. Islam is not inherently antithetical with modernity, secular governance, left-wing politics, etc. Muslim women by and large feel satisfied within Islam. In many Muslim-majority nations, even the theocracy of Iran, women's educational levels and professional employment equals or exceeds men's. Including in traditionally male fields such as engineering, at a rate which exceeds women's participation in the Western world.Islam seems to be the way to go if you hate women. I'm seeing that too lately, Islam is looked upon as a masculine religion whereas Christianity has gone soft by accepting gays and stuff. I bet he loves the countries that restrict women's rights. It's really sad that this is the man that is influencing millions of young boys.
I really don't know what you do with these people. They have a huge victim mentality and instead of self-improvement they choose to blame all women for not sleeping with them. They feel entitled to sex and it just doesn't work that way. I think for one, these people need to stop living terminally online lives. They need to go out there into the real world and start talking to people. I think traveling really helped me break out of my shell. It forces you into uncomfortable situations at times, especially if you go alone as I did while I was very young. It gives you some confidence that you can do things on your own. I don't know the solution, but I do know that sitting in front of a computer all day, every day and complaining about women is not one of them.
Muslim women are just as devout if not more so than Muslim men, and women in general are more devout than men. They share the same values and beliefs. They largely don't feel subjugated. Some have felt that way and have left the religion of their own free will. I support their right to leave if they should choose so. I support their right to freely practice their religion and customs. The Islamic faith is also conducive to women becoming doctors because of the view that women should have female doctors and men should have male doctors.
I've had Muslim women as doctors, including as specialists, and they were excellent. There are medical schools for women in the Islamic world and they produce some first-rate female physicians (the Muslim woman specialist I saw went to one in Pakistan and then got certified in the US). The Muslim female physician I've been treated by is fluent in four languages and has a first-rate reputation and reviews from patients.
I'll try to provide some sources and videos which might help you see where I'm coming from.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/amygut...gineering-students-are-women/?sh=4707c56844de70% of of Iran's science and engineering students are women, and in a small, but promising community of startups, they’re being encouraged to play an even bigger role.
The common myth about women in Iran is that they are seen, but not heard, that they’re not permitted to drive, that they are second-class citizens, and that entrepreneurship and positions of power are out of reach. These notions are wrong. For years, women in Iran have owned and managed businesses, many of them in male dominant industries like oil and gas, construction, mining, and now tech. And now, with such a high number graduating with degrees in science and engineering, there’s a push to get women more involved in Iran’s blossoming startup scene.
https://www.newsweek.com/islam-isnt-holding-back-muslim-womens-education-heres-bigger-problem-974357Researchers at Pew have said their analysis of data on the educational attainment of Muslim women across the world shows that religion plays a much less significant role in limiting their achievements than the wealth of the societies in which they live.
High-profile cases of Islamic extremists targeting schoolgirls—such as the kidnappings by Boko Haram of schoolgirls in Nigeria and the attempted assassination of Malala Yousafzai in Pakistan—fuel the perception that Muslim women are at an educational disadvantage primarily because of their religion, especially those who live in conservative societies.
But while it is true that Islamic cultures, societies and communities' chauvinistic attitudes to women can be limiting to their education—for example some are expected to marry young and build a home—in general that is no longer the case. It is the economic strength of a society that plays a much bigger role in determining the educational success of Muslim girls.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230670189_Muslim_Women's_Physician_Preference_Beyond_Obstetrics_and_Gynecology
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatima_Jinnah_Medical_UniversityFatima Jinnah Medical University with its associated teaching hospital Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, is a medical institution to teach and train female doctors and post-graduate students and provide medical and healthcare facilities to the citizens of the country, particularly in and around Lahore, and more particularly to the female population. It is now a tertiary healthcare unit and is recognised by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29508422/Female medical students outnumber men in countries such as Saudi Arabia, India and Pakistan, yet many fail to practise medicine following graduation. In Pakistan, 70% of medical students are women, yet it is estimated that half of them will not pursue medicine following graduation. This is considered a major reason for physician shortages in the country.
https://engineering.purdue.edu/ENE/...-countries-producing-so-many-female-engineersThe STEM Paradox: Why are Muslim-Majority Countries Producing So Many Female Engineers?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/22/women-more-religiously-devout-than-men-new-study-findsWomen are more religiously devout than men even though they are excluded from positions of leadership in many faiths and denominations, a new study has found. According to the respected Pew Research Center, 83.4% of women around the world identify with a faith group, compared with 79.9% of men – a difference of about 97 million people.
Pew’s report, The Gender Gap in Religion Around the World, points out that history’s most influential religious leaders have been men and that many religious groups allow only men to officiate, or have only recently eased that restriction. “Yet it often appears that the ranks of the faithful are dominated by women,” the report states.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/05/muslim-women-trillion-dollar-market-saadia-zahidi/1. Women are now the majority of university students in the Muslim world.

