SOC 885 Midterm: All Chapters
12 Mar 2012
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Polygyny: used by rachel rinaldo and denise kandiyoti, it is a form of marriage in which a man has 2 or more wives at the same time. In the 1990"s, indonesia (in soharto"s time) gender discourses among. Muslims groups weren"t oriented equality, some muslim groups developed conservative understandings of gender than were the norm in indonesia, they promoted polygamous marriages; questioned careers for women; urge women to cover entire body. Sharia which interprets teachings of the quran to permit polygamy with up to 4 wives, as long as it is practiced under the specified conditions. They enforced their tyrannical rules on them and forced women to wear burqa, obtain no education, and not to work. Kandiyoti said many of the oppression does not come from islam itself but from misogynist attitudes of men. Eqypt outlawed feminist groups after granting suffrage in 1956. In turkey, women"s attempts at political organization were discouraged a year after suffrage.
