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Quote by: nkariem  i totally agree with you athena... as a Muslim woman i believe in the modest dressing and this stipulation makes such logical sense. There are many reasons for the modest dressing, which i wont still mention, but one of them is as u say, to reduce the temptations for men. both men and women can contribute to reducing the amount of rapes going on. |
I have to disagree with you. The way muslims dress bares no meaning on why men rape. Rape is a violent crime against women, and most often NOT a sexual one. A man who can't control himself will rape whom ever he chooses because he's doing it out of rage, not sexual excitement alone. Rape is an international problem, not a cultural one or one that is predominate in any one region. There are many areas of the world where Islam is the predominate religion and women are raped on a daily basis, I point to Darfur for example. Anyone who blames the woman for getting raped is an idiot. If men can't control themselves, how is that the womans fault?
I've tried searching for statistics on rape in muslim countries, but honestly I haven't been able to find any that have any real meaning. I speculate to say that this could be partly due to the male controlled law enforcement and government, and the roll women have in these countries. Some reports I did come across, suggested that muslim women who get raped, rarely report it because it dishonors their family or get accused instead of fornication. Remember, rape is first, a crime of violence against women, not desire for them.