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Hey Gals, Check This Out - Palestinian Definition of "A Bride's Worth"

Nice to have things neat, tidy, and mathematical:

Ayish said women - and their families, who close marriage deals - consider it a humiliation to accept less than the social norm. "A bride's worth is her dowry," she said, as she sewed the buttons on a puffy, embroidered wedding dress.

Ah yes, it's our old friend the "honor of the family". Because really, why would you want to limit the effects of that particular macho pathology to honor killings? Let's use it to treat women like chattel throughout their whole life, huh?

Bonus: if you're not tired from the math yet, you can read about complex Koranic calculations that put the worth of a woman at half the worth of a man. How very precise. (h/t: Meryl)

References:
* Poverty Follows Palestinians' Sanctions

Previously:
* Hey Gals, Check This Out: Bahraini Women's Rights Activist Dismantles Religious Zealots
* Hey Gals, Check This Out - Iran Has Legal Slavery And Rape Of Prebuscent Girls. They Call It "Temporary Marriage".
* Hey Gals, Check This Out - Feminism Sweeps Pakistan

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