The Key

Dr. Sanity:

... the treatment of women under Islam is not only the key to understanding the pathology of the culture, but also the key to developing an antidote to its most poisonous and toxic elements. Unveiling the women of Islam and eliminating their second-class status; empowering them in the oppressive Islamic countries where their individuality and self-expression has been crushed-- may cause a ripple effect that could eventually alter a family structure that currently encourages the development of generation after generation of dysfunctional and pathological men and women.

I, kinda, said the same thing here:

The self-inflicted miseries and the pathologies of the Ummah will not end as long as half their population is subjugated by the other half.

This post by Athena is utterly chilling and illuminating.

Other posts on this topic:

1. Honor in Slavery
2. The Ideal Life
3. Honor Trumps Female Life
4. Honor > Life