3arab sex
20-Jun-2016 21:31
Even within marriage, sex is something to do, not to discuss.And when sex is broached in public—in the media, for example—it is most often as a crisis or a scandal or a tragedy.On the face of it, there is plenty of bad news about—especially when it comes to women.The drive to control female sexuality is an age-old feature of patriarchy, and is alive and well in the modern Arab world, given new impetus by the rise of Islamic conservatives in the wake of the Arab Spring.
The tome is the work of Morrocan novelist Leïla Slimani, 35, who hopes to lift the lid on the sex 'obsessed' society.In Egypt, for example, the recent spate of sexual attacks on women in Tahrir Square, combined with a resistance to the Islamic conservatives’ views of a woman’s “rightful” place , are encouraging a growing number of women—and, thankfully, men as well—to stand their ground and speak out against sexual violence and a woman’s right to the public space.
