Month: September 2013

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It is my Body and it seems to be Everybody’s Business: Sex in the Name of Jihad

Women of Egypt

— By: Alexandra Kinias — Over millennia, men have written the laws that controlled women lives, minds and bodies. Some of the rules that organized the daily lives of tribal communities were carried on from medieval times to modern times after been splashed with religious paint, whether written or interpreted from holy scripts by misogynist scholars. These laws condensed women’s roles to becoming sacred ornaments kept in a safe confinement or adorned a pedestal or a mantelpiece while waiting for the sacred blood of their virginity to be sacrificed on the matrimonial alter. Only death would restore a family’s honor, … Continue reading It is my Body and it seems to be Everybody’s Business: Sex in the Name of Jihad

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It’s my Body and its none of your Business (Part Two)

Women of Egypt

By: Alexandra Kinias —- Whether it is fear of female’s temptation, obsession with her body, or weakness towards her influence, the church put full responsibility on Eve for bringing the Original Sin to mankind, and thus women were put on the road of redemption to pay for this unforgivable mess created by her. This notion has carried over since the beginning of time and laws and rules were made to limit and often diminish the influence of women and force them into submission; an obvious declaration of men’s weakness and insecurity. Women chastity became the driving force to control women’s … Continue reading It’s my Body and its none of your Business (Part Two)

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It is my Body and it is none of your Business

Women of Egypt

By: Alexandra Kinias — Female bodies are the symbol of fertility and sexuality; a manifestation of love and loathe. They are worshiped, cursed, desired and feared. They are the source of pleasures and tragedies. In the medieval times, tribal wars started to capture and enslave women. The renaissance artists painted women in nudity, in rebellion to the influence of the church that covered them up. They inspire poets to write, plastic surgeons sculpt them to stay young and sexy, fashion designers compete to dress them up, exercise industries collect fortunes shaping and slimming them, prostitutes make a living selling them … Continue reading It is my Body and it is none of your Business