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Please watch the following video and post a one-typed page response to the video connecting it to the theme of enslavement/control of woman. Make sure you bring your response to class on Wednesday.
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Janine Hull
ReplyDeleteThis video is a great example of our theme of our class, the enslavement or control of woman. This woman has no control over things that happen in her life and gets treated like a piece of meat. Her husband beats her and leaves constant bruises and marks on various spots on her body. She also is ordered around by her husband and family to keep her whole body covered at all times in public, and she is not allowed to expose one part of her body neck down. Then her father would end up getting her in a room and make her touch him and continue to rape her on many occasions. So her relationship with her family was not strong. Especially since when she told her mother about being raped her mother said she would talk to her father but never did and didn't believe her. In this video the woman was treated terribly and sometimes is a common theme you see in women. It’s hard to say but this woman getting raped and beaten is not a rarity, we've seen this happen many times before. Women are a major part of being enslaved and not having a lot of power or control in their lives. Unfortunately this video is a good example of enslavement because she cannot live the life she wants to and everyone around her creates problems for her. This also puts it right in front of our face incase we had no idea about this kind of stuff, watching this video put it in perspective for us and others. It makes us think about the enslavement of women these days and in the past too. She doesn't have any control in her life and what's going to happen next, and probably never will unless a miracle happens.
Michele Nemec
ReplyDeleteThis video shows an example of enslavement or control over women. The women in the video goes on by explaining how she was falling for a man and they began to have a secret relationship because she wasn't allowed to choose who she wanted to be with. SO her and the man would sleek off where no one would see them. Once she turned sixteen her father told her who she had to marry and she had no choice in the matter. So she married the man her father wanted her to be with. The father told her that her husband would take care of her, instead her husband beat her. Also her uncle would make her touch him in private places and rape her. She had told her mother what was going on and her mother said she would tell her father. Her father didn’t do anything about it. She couldn't even show any skin other than her eyes when she was out in public. She had no choice but to cover up every part of her body unless she was in her home.
The woman was enslaved by her family. She wasn't aloud to make choice for herself even if the ones the men in her life made ones that were worse for her. The woman was not treated as a human but as a prize to the men that they could do anything they would like with. The women couldn’t even stand the husband her father picked for her. He is supposed to protect her but instead beat her. This was very common with women. This video shows how women were a great part of enslavement.
Cassie Nelson
ReplyDeleteThis woman in the video was being enslave and controlled in many ways. She was enslaved by her religion, and she was controlled by her family. She did everything in her life as is according to the book of her religion. She did everything that Allah said. She went to Allah in her time of need and asked him for help and he did not answer. Her religion said that for adultery the punishment is getting whipped. Therefore, she got whipped. She never left her religion though she just kept praying and kept her faith. Her husband used Allah’s words to have sex with her even when she was unwilling, but she did so because it was the will of Allah, the most high, the god of her religion. Her family controlled her in many ways. Her parents controlled her by telling her who she was going to marry. She had absolutely no say in it and could not protest it. Her wedding was as she said a celebration for her family, not a celebration for her. She got married and her husband controlled everything she did. Her husband beat her and essentially raped her because she did not want to have sex with him. She talks about how Allah says in the book I’m guessing that he made man stronger to be the protector but she feels her husband’s “stronger” fists every day. She is enslaved in her house; she even says that she feels like she is in a cage. Her husband is not protecting her, he is endangering her. She is also controlled by her family in the way that her uncle rapes her in her own home. She is allowed to walk around without her veil on in her house around family, but she starts to wear the veil to try and ward off her uncle. He still continues to rape her, and when she says something to her mother her mother says that she will speak to the woman’s father. The woman’s mother either does not speak to the woman’s father or the woman’s parents do nothing. She is forced to live with these men who are raping her. She is enslaved by the society in which she lives because women are seen as less strong. Anything she says is probably dismissed and she is not allowed to make choices for herself. Her society revolves around the religion in which women cannot go out without permission, they cannot go out in public without their veils on, and they cannot choose who they marry. So this woman is left married to a man in which she does not love and a man who abuses her. Now in the end she is pregnant with whose child we do not know. Her uncle has left since he found out she was pregnant, but she is left with the abusive husband, and who says he will not abuse that child also.
This video is a prime example of enslavement and control within families, religions, and societies. We can only hope that she is the only person that this happens to, but the truth is this happens much more than we are aware of. This is not something that a lot of people in America can relate to, but one thing that is relatable is that the woman has no control, and many people in America have less control than they think. Things like rape and abuse do happen in America, but there is awareness and there are places for victims of these things to go. This woman had nowhere to go, and had no one to help. She was afraid of what would happen and she had no one who would support her. She did not know what would happen. She had no control, and probably never will, much like many people all over the world.
This video is an example of enslavement and control of women. Its very sad because she is enslaved by her religion. People turn to their religion in time of need. So who is she to turn to? Its an awful cycle that she cant escape. She cant even choose then man that she wants. Its all decided for her. When she is raped her own father doesnt believe her? Are you kidding? This is ridiculous, she cant even turn to her own family for help. She is powerless and cannot gain power either. Men in her society control everything. As she said in the video Alla was unfair and made one stronger than the other. And she would feel her husbands strong fist against her face. She cant leave the house unless she has to. This is insane, whats even worst is this isnt a story in our book. Or something that had happened years ago. This goes on in todays world. This kind of treatment should not go on. Especially in a religion. A religion is suppose to hold values,give hope, and set good examples for people to follow to better themsleves. not to put down others.
ReplyDelete-Marty Noenickx
Brendan Wixted
ReplyDeleteThis video shows a good example to the theme we are studying in class about enslavement/ control of women. The woman in this video tells basically her life story about herself. She started with a secret relationship that she felt really in love and happy, then when she tuned 16 her father ordered her to marry a man that he selected. She does not love her husband and her father rapes her. She is constantly beaten and her husband uses Allah to make her have sex with him. The whole video she makes references back to her God or Allah because in her religion she has to do everything according to her God. Her religion makes her wear the Vail, which covers her whole body. Everyday she does not have control over what she can wear because of her God. When she was growing up and found love and happiness, her father took it away because he felt that he could tell her whom she has to marry and live with. Her husband constantly whips and beat her, leaving bruises on her.
This ties into our theme because she cannot do anything for herself or to protect herself, she has no power. I think that there are many situations like this in the world today, women are treated with no respect and are not given any power to even themselves. This sort of shows that this woman is just like a slave without being called a slave, she work, she has no power, and she is bea
This video relates to the theme of our class by showing the control a culture and religion has on a young woman. The sad part is that this kind of cruelty and demeaning abuse happened back in history and still happens to women now in some form or another. What is especially sad about it is the part about incest and the rejection she felt from her very own family when being courageous enough to discuss it with them. This woman knew this treatment was so wrong but couldn't find an avenue out of it. She believed her faith would answer her questions and see her through but it seemed like things just continued to get worse for her. Why wasn't she given the chance to make decisions for her own life? This abuse is still happening today. It was a very moving video that touched me about how serious an issue this really has been and still is.
ReplyDeleteAaron Mathieu
Upon finishing watching the video on the Islamic woman, and listening to what she has to say, many connections begin to appear between the video and the theme of this semester. Enslavement is known as “the act of enslaving, or the state of being a slave, bondage.” Unfortunately, this woman was not only a slave to her husband, but was also a slave to her family, and to her own religion.
ReplyDeleteMany cultures around the world believe in choosing who their offspring will marry, a process known as “matching”. Despite the fact this is considered culture; it is a way of enslavement. The young Islamic woman in the video was in love with a man, but was forced to marry a man she didn’t even know because her family “matched” her with another man. They told her he was a good man, and would protect and take care of her. Despite the fact events would unfold that would show otherwise, the Islamic woman obeyed, and married the man.
After being married to the man she was matched with, sequences began to change for the worst. According to the woman “a week would not pass by, in which she would not feel her husband’s fist against her face.” Not only was he brutal with physical enslavement, but he would then justify his abuse with religion, enveloping statements justifying himself with “Allah” (the Islamic god). To make matters worse because of her strong belief in her god, the woman accepts the punishments, and believes they are necessary, otherwise Allah wouldn’t allow them.
The Islamic woman in the video expresses many forms of enslavement, that make us all realize the enslavement that still takes place in our world today.
Heather Feenan
ReplyDeleteThe woman in this video is enslaved by her culture in many ways. Her religion; The video says “the woman and the man guilty of adultery or fornication flog them each with 100 strips . . . if you believe in Allah and the last day, let a part of the believers witness there punishment”. If you commit adultery or fornication Allah believes both the woman and the man should be whipped with 100 lashes. What if you were raped? Well it doesn’t matter in her case. She trusted Allah and his misery. So when she met Rahman she had hope that they would be happy together. People did not approve of there happiness. Her family enslaves her; Her father told her that she would be married to someone else. Someone, at the time she didn’t know, she didn’t love. She says she didn’t like anything about him. But she obeys him because he enslaves her. Allah says that men are the protectors of women because they have more strength, but what happens when a man uses his strength to hurt a woman? It doesn’t really matter. She is his, to do what he wants with. She wishes she feel the sun on her body, the wind in her hair, she wishes she could go places but she never will because she needs to be modest to please Allah. Because of her culture she is not allowed to leave the house with out her fathers permission or be seen to anyone other than family members with out being coved in her veil. She is filled with guilt and pain because of her uncle raping her and no one being able to help her. She even tried to wear her veil around the house to prevent him. Even when she’s coved from head to toe he was still drawn to her. Her mother knows its happening but her father told them never to speak of it because it will hurt his honor? What about her honor? She has none. The last line in the video is really strong. She says, “I have done nothing my whole life but turn to you. And now that I Pray for salvation under my vial you remain silent like the grave I long for.” Allah decided her fate.
Linda Palushaj
ReplyDeleteThe Islamic video is about a young girl who is indeed trapped and enslaved. Our semester theme of enslavement fits into this video. The girl is enslaved in many ways. The young girl prays to her God, Allah she tells him about her life. While listening to her tell her story it seems so sad how she is enslaved even by her family. The young girl had once feel in love with someone she was comfortable but she was not allowed to marry that guy. She had to marry someone that her parents picked not someone she wanted to. Her parents enslaved her by not letting her choose to pick the man she would spend the rest of her life with. Her father had told her that the man was "from virtuous family so he will take good care of her". But how could the girl marry someone she didn't even know. The girl wasn't allowed to tell her family her feelings and express what she thought about the marriage. She was enslaved by not being able to say and do what she wanted to because her culture stopped her. It is somewhat similar to the short story "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid because her mother enslaves her by telling her how to love. It is not exactly the same but it is somewhat similar in that both girls are not allowed to express their love for the one they love but they have to love how their parents tell them to.
The girl in the Islamic video is also enslaved when getting married. She says the wedding was a celebration of her family not hers. She is also enslaved by her husband. Her husband always fears as if she is being disloyal and accuses her of being ungrateful. She says she obeys his commands because if she tried to push him away and not obey him but he starts to quote Allah. She is trapped by her husband. Her husband entraps her and make her believe that she needs to obey him. She can't talk back or tell anyone.
She is also enslaved by her uncle. Her uncle rapes her. He definitely enslaves her to making him do what he wants her to do. He makes her feel caged, abandon and fill of guilt and shame. He enslaves her to have these feelings when it's not her fault. When she finally confesses to her mother about what is going on she tells her father who doesn't even believe it. He enslaves them both by telling them "not to question his bother authority". But her uncle went away because it turns out the girl was pregnant. This is probably something she didn't want or didn't plan but she was enslaved by not having a choice because she was raped.
Another part where the girl is enslaved is just by her lifestyle. She has to wear clothing that covers every part of her body just showing her eyes. She never leaves the house unless it is absolute necessary and if she need to go somewhere she needs to get permission from her father. She wishes and dreams that she could sit on a beach and get some sun or just go out and let the wind blow threw her hair. But after thinking it, she says she sins. She is enslaved by her religion and culture because they think that it is wrong to even think of those and it is a sin. She feels sorry she thinks of those things because they are not allowed to do those things.
The girl tells Allah that she has "done nothing but turn to him and now pray for salvation" but she says "he remains silent like the grave she longs for". This probably means wishes she were dead, like a enslaved person would probably feel.
This video on submission is a very good depiction of enslavement over women, or women being imprisoned to a specific gender related role. The video had very strong religious and spiritual reflections of the Middle East cultural and responsibility of women. The woman in this short film was subjected to a life of battery and unsolicited sex. Even when she tried to speak out and find comfort from her family, she was told to keep quiet and not to question her uncle’s honor. In this almost third world country, the girl has no choice but to keep herself covered, and “guard her modesty”. In this day and age in our country, this seems like a primitive concept but proves to be very much alive and in practice among the Middle Eastern countries. Any American woman would find these procedures for leaving one’s home very disgraceful and disrespectful, especially for a man to command and control her every move. I have a very strong belief that men and women are equally dominant in either an intimate relationship or a work related relationship. The theme of enslavement is very evident in this video within the physical aspects, such as rape and keeping herself covered, and also in her mind. Her devotion to her higher spiritual god is keeping her enslaved mentally to obey and conform to society.
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Marisa Simpson
ReplyDeleteThis video is a good example of enslavement. The woman in the video are enslaved by her religion, by the men and, by her culture. She is not allowed to show her body besides her eyes. She has to be covered from head to toe. She is not allowed to leave the house unless it’s absolutely necessary and even then she needs her father’s permission to do so. She is meant to worship Allah and do right by Him. She asks Allah for help but yet he stays silent. In the book, Allah says that adultery is punished by being whipped. She was whipped because she committed the act of adultery.
She doesn’t have a choice to who she is marrying. She was paired by her father. She is repulsed by her husband but has no choice but to let him do whatever he pleases because it is Allah‘s words. She is beaten by him and he leaves scars and bruises all over he body and face. She is ordered around by her husband and her family. She has no life of her own. She doesn’t make her own decisions. Her own uncle rapes her and orders her to touch him places that she shouldn’t and her father dismisses it when he is told.
She no sense of freedom. Everything she does is to please everyone. Daydreaming about feeling the sun on her face and skin and feeling the wind through her hair is considered a sin. It’s sad how controlled this woman is. She talks about daydreaming about other places and other people and that she knows being able to experience that will never happen.
Anna DeFusco
ReplyDeleteThe Islamic video shows us how religion can enslave humans by encouraging behaviors that are physically, emotionally, and mentally harmful. The video begins with a Muslim woman adorning a black veil, with only her beautiful brown eyes showing. Throughout the entire video, I just wanted her to uncover herself to reveal her beauty. Unfortunately, her culture demands that women wrap themselves in garb that covers everything except for their eyes. Even hands must be covered. The woman describes her encounter with a young man at the marketplace, and how they fell in love. Their relationship developed into one of love, affection, and trust. She explained how they deeply respected one another. When she was sixteen her father broke the news that he had arranged for her to marry a man named Aziz. He informed her that he was “from a virtuous family and he [would] take good care of [her].” In her culture, women are not allowed to choose who they marry, even if they fall in love with who would be an ideal husband. She said that on her wedding day it was more of a celebration of her family than of hers. According to the Qur’an, “When women have purified themselves, after menstruation is over, the husband may approach them in any manner, time, or place ordained for you by Allah.” Allah is the Islamic god whom Muslims worship and obeys. According to the woman, life with her husband is hard to bear, but she submits her will to Allah. She claims that her husband supports her from his means; therefore, she is devotedly obedient. She goes on to describe that when her Uncle visited, he repeatedly raped her until he impregnated her. She confided this atrocity to her mother, and when her mother consulted her father about it, he said not to question his brother’s honor. She expressed that every time her Uncle came near, she felt like a caged animal waiting for slaughter, filled with guilt and shame. She described how she felt abandoned, yet surrounded by family and friends. She admitted that her faith and submission to Allah felt like a self betrayal. The ideas and constraints of Islam boggle my mind. I cannot believe that there are cultures out there that are actually in existence. After viewing this short video, I feel very thankful for my freedoms. I am free to dress how I want, be in a relationship with any man I choose, and practice any religious I agree with. These poor women are enslaved by their religion, culture, and family. I am sure that there are men who practice Islam who do not agree with beating their wives, so they must feel enslaved as well.
This woman was emotionally enslaved because she could not be with the man whom she really loved and respected. She was forced to marry a man who mistreated her. He physically and mentally abused her. He constantly suspected that she was disloyal to him, and he believed that gave him enough reason to beat her. Even her own family did not seem to care about her best interest. Family is supposed to love and support you. Her own father was aware that his brother was raping her, and had the nerve to tell her that she should not question his honor. This video was sickening and I feel horrible for anybody who is enslaved by their own religion.