Gender Posts

I'm sure it's clear from many of my posts that I'm interested in gender issues. On this page, I'm listing those of my writings/blog posts that deal with this topic. To see a list of Islam-related posts, click here; to see a list of Pashtuns-related posts, click here. These are three of my primary interests. Because the list is too long, I'm gonna categorize them.

Academic/Research

• Research Methods: Gender and Sexuality in Ethnographic Fieldworks 
• Stimulating Classes: Intro to Women's Studies
• Stimulating Classes: Sociology of Sex and Gender
• Questions for Gender/Sexuality/Islam Course, Week 2
• Questions for Gender/Sexuality/Islam Course, Week 3

Pashtuns

• A List of Female Pashtun Bloggers
• Literature on Pashtunwali, the Pashtun Society, and Honor
• Obstacles to Pashtun Women's Leadership
• On Maulana Bijlighar's Misogynistic Sermons
• Ode to the Pashtun Daughter (poem) 
• On the Rarity of Females Playing the Rabab  
• Pashtun Men, Double Standards, and "Respect" for Pashtun Women
• Pashtun Women's Problems
• The Roshni Centre for Women
• Sexualization of Young Women, Part 2 
• The Virtual World and Privacy Concerns
• Why the Lack of Pashtun Women Leaders
• The Women of Swat Finally Speak
• Women's Rights - What Can You Do? (author: Azad Pashtun)

Society

• Am I Pretty?
• Begum Nawazish Ali:  The Drag-queen of Pakistan? 
• Child Sexual Abuse: How My Qur'an Teacher Sexually Abused His Female Students
• Gender and Identity: Women Changing their Surname 
• Gender Differences in Public Speech
• Gender Performance in Pashto Music Videos
• The Misunderstood Role of the Hijab
• Miss Representation: The Naturally Seductive and the Dangerously Sexy
• A Mother's Advice to Her Bride-Daughter
• On inculcating "inferior" qualities in girls, "superior" ones in boys
• The New Delhi Gang Rapes: Not an "Indian Tragedy"! 
• The Objectification of Women: Women in the Media
• On Breadwinning
• On Harassment - Part I 
• On Young Girls' Swimwear: Baby-Bikinis and the Lack of One-Piece Swimsuits for Underage Girls
• One Feminist Response to Beyonce's "Girls Run the World"
• Participating in an Oppressive Society
• Todd Akin and Rape
• Western Woman: Plague of the West (my response)
• You're Oppressed
• Women's Images in the Media 

Religion (Generally Islam)

• A Deep Infinite Well
• The Challenge of Qur'anic Verse 4:34
• Forbidden (poem)
• Freedom from the Forbidden (poem)  
• Gender, Feminism, and Muslim Scholars
• Khutbah (the Friday Sermon) by a Woman
• An Interview with Dr. Riffat Hassan
• Intro to Islamic Feminism
• Muslim Lesbians' Interactions with Other Muslim Women
• Islamic Feminism
• Jimmy Carter on Women's Position in Religious Teachings
• Re-viewing the Niqab
• Riffat Hassan on Women in the Qur'an and Women in Muslim Societies
• Women as hunna and Men as kum: The Qur'an's Audience 
• Women Leading Men in Prayer
• Zakir Naik's Views on Women - Part I
• Zakir Naik's Views on Women - Part II (in Politics)

Miscellaneous 

• Favorite Quotes from "Mona Lisa's Smile"
• Inspiring Feminist Quotes 
• My Thoughts on Both Parents Working
• On Feminism 
• Tips on How to be a Better Woman 
• What it Means to be a Strong Woman