tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764328218611568829.post1017530665292237711..comments2024-03-13T19:49:05.520-07:00Comments on The Adventures of Shylock Holmes: The Past is Another Country (Henry James Edition)Shylock Holmeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00446165270035271752noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764328218611568829.post-36894099618365257442010-12-17T10:59:59.015-08:002010-12-17T10:59:59.015-08:00I knew it wasn't as bad as I thought! You'...I knew it wasn't as bad as I thought! You're right though, there are definitely unambiguous differences between Victorian America and Modern Islam where Islamic attitudes towards women are particularly contemptible. This would likely be apparent to Americans of the time too.<br /><br />Still, I'm quite sure that if you plonked George Washington inside the average modern nightclub, he'd be certain that he was in a brothel of some sort. And he'd be blown away when you told him that no, this was just how the average young person in America today behaved.Shylock Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421115441614742339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764328218611568829.post-61081374021380054452010-12-17T03:40:17.985-08:002010-12-17T03:40:17.985-08:00I wonder if the critical difference – and the trop...I wonder if the critical difference – and the trope with which the wily nostalgic conservative would argue himself out of a corner – is the blatant and unapologetic treatment of women under Islam as chattels. Even at the nadir of women’s rights in Western societies, they were regarded as fully human, if only second-class human. The institutions and traditions that support the view of women being merely the property of men, on the other hand, are still alive and kicking in the Muslim world: requirement of a dowry, the “bride price,” completely lopsided grounds on which divorce can be effected or a spouse repudiated, and the option of a husband to insist that his wife (or wives) go about completely covered up in public.Orin Hargraveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03524239037259366911noreply@blogger.com