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Seemingly, little is being done to help these women financially so that they can stop being prostitutes. In fact, many have simply ended up in jail. The usual response to these stories is to turn up one’s morally superior nose and say that "there must have been another way to find the money." But all that these women were trying to do, just like Senator Brown, was pay for school. They want to be productive members of society. Many of those trying to attend law school would probably love to run for public office some...
...styles may prove useful in what could be Genz’s next film, a remake of “Terribly Happy” in English, set in the American Midwest. “There’s a lot of talk about a remake,” Genz says. “We have had some meetings, and I would say as long as I am in control of the story, and it’s not taken out of my hands and transformed into something I cannot agree on, then it could definitely be really exciting...
...Friday at 5:01 p.m., I would say, ‘Yes,’ unconditionally. I’m glad I had the experience, but right now I’m a little bit frazzled and sleep deprived...
However, even if one takes the view that all veils are physically limiting in some way—and there are highly popular types of Islamic veils that seem to limit nothing but shaking your hair in the wind—who is Amara, or anyone else to say that these women are limiting themselves because of oppression and are thus "victims"? Women all over the world change their appearance in ways to reflect the opinions of other people, whether they be men, other women, or their families, and we certainly don’t see all these other forms...
...other sartorial forms of person-to-person obligations that could be termed "submissions," such as wedding rings, ugly jewelry made by your children, and uncomfortable business suits, be targeted next? Wearing such devotional symbols is an indication of the happiness of your life, not the unhappiness. No one can say that a woman is being unwillingly forced to take on a certain appearance except the woman herself, and to assume otherwise in the case of a certain culture is wrong...