[laaph]

I know a professor who taught there for many years. He tells more stories about the heat than about his students, but his stories don't sound like that. Considering that from the way you've talked, it sounds like you've never been there and only have second hand information, so it seems equally valid to me.

Do you want me to tell you stories of people like that in the US? I've worked with plenty of people who tell me that women are good for nothing except making more children. Should I tell you that the culture in the US is all about looking at women just as childbearers?

True, I've never been to a country that starts with a "Q", but I've met many who have, many who tell differing tales. I have been in a muslim country long enough, I have my own perceptions on these things.

[yakshaving_jgt]

I’ve worked in that country multiple times. It has no comparison to the US. Women have equal rights in the US for a start. It is also not commonplace in the US for men to beat their wives and daughters for not concealing themselves behind traditional garb. I have met young women over there who have told me first-hand how they’ve suffered.

From other comments you’ve made, it appears you live in Turkey. I don’t think your experience applies, given Turkey’s recent political dispute with the Saudis over the Khashoggi murder.

Notably, Turkey is also not a member of the Arab League.