@WorbsIntoWords So even a high rank doctor, engineer, lawyer, judge, CEO, police chief would be okay with their wives showing off their beauty and sensuality?
@WorbsIntoWords Daniel, given that you are a lawyer, one of the most prestigious positions in western societies. Are men in high rank positions, like doctors, engineers, CEOs, lawyers, judges, high rank military personnel are expected to have their wives dressed in modest outfits?
@WorbsIntoWords I know that in the West, unlike the Middle East where manhood is dependent on female chastity, a man's masculinity is intact even if his wife wears a revealing outfit, but I am talking about other considerations like solemnness, prestige, social respect and social position.
@WorbsIntoWords Does a wife clad in a revealing outfit diminish from the husband's seriousness, solemnness, prestige, social respect, rank in the West ? Or even men in high rank positions can let their wives wear whatever they want, and can marry dancers like Shakira, etc?
@stasavage@prof_ahmetkuru@timurkuran So it quite incorrect to blame the Byzantines for Islamic patriarchy.
Yes, the Byzantines were patriarchal, but far LESS so than Mesopotamia.
In fact, when Abbasid travellers went to Byzantium, they were aghast by its moral laxity and womenโs visibility!!!
If biology determined gender relations, weโd expect uniformity over time & across places.
In Ancient Egypt, women led cults of goddesses, they managed workers & had equal rights.
Today, their share of labour income is less than 10%
This map shows the importance of culture
@_alice_evans https://t.co/z96IfRPcj2
Wow it says here that Coptic Christians continued to marry their cousins for another 1000 years. Now I understand why Coptic Christians in Egypt are very big on honor even though they are not Muslims!
@_alice_evans https://t.co/z96IfRPcj2
Wow it says here that Coptic Christians continued to marry their cousins for another 1000 years. Now I understand why Coptic Christians in Egypt are very big on honor even though they are not Muslims!