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Originally posted by Walley
This means nothing. There are still twice as much illiterate women than illiterate men in the Middle East. Education is tricky in these countries because men usually don't even have to get a higher education in order to get jobs. Women still need to work much harder than men to receive just a percentage of the wages that men receive.
Also, while Pakistan may not officially be a part of the Middle East, it does border it and is frequently associated with the Greater Middle East. It shouldn't be confusing to an educated person that someone includes Pakistani women in an argument about the unfair treatment of women in the Middle East. |
Unequal income is probably correct, but that's not what you said originally. You specifically stated that women in the Middle East don't have the right to an education and that's completely false. Also, female literacy rates are actually pretty high to decent with Iraq being the lowest at 80%. You spoke about the "third world" in the same post so your idea of what the Middle East seems to be very hazy.
No, Pakistan is not part of the Middle East and no educated person would include them because they have little connection racially, culturally, linguistically, socially, economically, etc. In fact, it's always uneducated people who think it is because they don't realize that Pakistan is a South Asian country that's only major connection to the Middle East is religious conversions. The fact that you're using a nonsense term coined by the Bush administration in the past decade speaks volumes. That's a lazy term made out of convenience, not accurate history or geography. By the way, Pakistan does not border the Middle East. Central Asia (Iran included) is to the left of it and then comes the Middle East.
