[Al Arabiya Latest] A group of Egyptian men have established an organization to fight for men's rights and protect them from the "tyranny" of women as the country's women take advantage of a law allowing them to divorce their husbands with no questions asked.
| What kind of masochist would choose to be married to a woman who doesn't want him, when he could be free to turn his attentions to a woman who does? |
| The kind who dominate women and love men or causes or both |
| Or, more simply, men who don't consider what a woman wants to be important ... |
| Yes, but they still have to eat the food she has prepared, the clothes she has washed, and the bed she has made. There are ways the most repressed woman can make her discontent felt, even if it's her maids that do the actual work. |
Men who have been unjustly left by their wives want to protect themselves and others like them from women who suddenly decide to get rid of them, Abdul-Rahman Hamed, the founder of the organization, the first of its kind, and one of its most active members, told Al Arabiya.
"The law of unconditional divorce has become a sword hanging over men's heads," he said, adding "men are the ones who now need organizations to fight for their rights," to protect themselves from the "tyranny" of women.
Hamed is talking about khol'a, or the law of unconditional divorce, which was passed in 2000 and grants women the right to get a divorce if she gives up her financial rights.
| So he no longer has to support a woman who is uninterested in her wifely duties, meaning he'll be able to afford someone interested. And yet these silly men object? |
Prior to khol'a, it was extremely difficult for a woman to be granted a divorce and she had to present strong evidence supporting her wish for separation such as physical abuse or adultery.
| Finally, he does not have to be mortified by being shown irrefutably to be so abusive it goes beyond that which is permitted by Sharia, after which few would give him their daughter's hand in marriage. It could be thought these men are a bit confused. |
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