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Thursday 14 May 2009 (19 Jumada al-Ula 1430)
Women are also at fault
Khaled Al-Sulaiman | Okaz
The grand mufti has warned girls of sweet-talking young men,
which could lead to their being blackmailed. He urged the girls to resist
whatever these young men may try and to report them to the authorities. All
clear enough and correct but one question remains: Who is going to protect the
young men from blackmailing women?
There are girls who are more dangerous than men and who will
use all their feminine wiles to lure and entrap men and take advantage of them
in order to satisfy their financial desires and needs. Such blackmailing is
very common, especially if the man has a family. Some men have important
stressful jobs that do not allow them the extra hassle of blackmail.
Harassment, forbidden relations and blackmailing are not
limited to men only, although they are the initiators in most cases.
Women have their own faults whether they responded and agreed
to the harasser or whether they themselves initiated the harassment.
Women are not innocent and they must be held responsible for
the consequences of their actions.
I do not think that girls are unaware of the consequences of
forbidden relations with men. Girls are raised in a society that warns them
against strange men and any relations with them. If any man asks a strange
woman in the street what time it is, she will walk away, assuming the worst
motives on his part.
If women are considered weak and emotional and an easy target
to sweet-talk, then they should first protect themselves against themselves and
then against men. We should not forget about protecting men from women. Just as
women, men are weak when they stand in front of weak women.
