Its Not an Oxymoron

Many people seem to have this perception of Islamic culture that its very demanding on the women and it doesn't allow woman to grow and become great people. But as seen in this article, many women in the middle east have strive throughout history. All of the women, Ms. Darraj did mention were very strong and aspiring women. People are sometimes ignorant to certain cultures and/or traditions. As stated in the excerpt, when a middle eastern man does ask the brides father for permission it has a negative connotation to it. I'm not really sure why people think this way because no two cultures or people are the same, so why do people feel the need to question something they aren't accustomed too? People only like to see things done their way which is considered the 'right way' to them, so when a person does something a bit different it seems odd or weird to them. As we do learn by the end of the passage, there is a such thing as an Arab feminist and women and men are supposed to be equal in almost all facets of life.