378
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

My understanding is that it's improving but that girls still face serious, disproportionate hurdles. When I remarked about the current poor state, one of the sources I'd read was this conference last year by the Muslim World League (largely funded by Saudi Arabia but understood to be a voice of moderation) who insisted that it's still a major problem worldwide legally and culturally.

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 3 points 3 hours ago

Yeah it's definitely a problem in absolute terms, but what I was getting at is whether it's comparatively a problem; otherwise we can't pin the cause down on a certain factor. It could instead be an issue of development. It's not the exact same thing, but plenty of Muslim countries have low literacy gender gaps, and predictably this is more present in wealthier countries rather than more secular countries. In general it's better to look for structural explanations to these things rather than blaming culture or religion.

this post was submitted on 25 Feb 2026
378 points (99.2% liked)

History Memes

2061 readers
951 users here now

A place to share history memes!

Rules:

  1. No sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, assorted bigotry, etc.

  2. No fascism (including tankies/red fash), atrocity denial or apologia, etc.

  3. Tag NSFW pics as NSFW.

  4. Follow all Piefed.social rules.

  5. History referenced must be 20+ years old.

Banner courtesy of @setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world

OTHER COMMS IN THE HISTORYVERSE:

founded 9 months ago
MODERATORS