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Cairene women: a bachelorette, not a spinster!
"They ask young girls here [in Egypt] when they are three or four, who would you marry, they implant the idea your only purpose in life is to get married. Even after she goes to school they tell her that a girl's only future is in her husband's home. So what happens when a girl for any reason cannot...
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| description | "They ask young girls here [in Egypt] when they are three or four, who would you marry, they implant the idea your only purpose in life is to get married. Even after she goes to school they tell her that a girl's only future is in her husband's home. So what happens when a girl for any reason cannot get married? Should she set fire to herself?" --Awza Atgawez, Ghada Abdel'al. This study proposes that females who remain unmarried until a certain age are to be referred to as "bachelorettes" and not "spinsters" . "The bachelorette" is a female who remains single by choice; she is simply an unmarried woman. The word "spinster" is heavily laden with negative and derogatory images, and carries a lot of stigma, that doesn't fit or apply to the "bachelorette" of today. The fact that marriage is based on freedom and consent of both parties makes it essential, and supposedly acceptable, to have "bachelorettes" in every society, hence, they should not be stigmatized and degraded by being called "spinsters", but rather to be referred to as "bachelorettes". |
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| spelling | oai:fount.aucegypt.edu:etds-2139 Cairene women: a bachelorette, not a spinster! Khalifa, Sandra Abdalla "They ask young girls here [in Egypt] when they are three or four, who would you marry, they implant the idea your only purpose in life is to get married. Even after she goes to school they tell her that a girl's only future is in her husband's home. So what happens when a girl for any reason cannot get married? Should she set fire to herself?" --Awza Atgawez, Ghada Abdel'al. This study proposes that females who remain unmarried until a certain age are to be referred to as "bachelorettes" and not "spinsters" . "The bachelorette" is a female who remains single by choice; she is simply an unmarried woman. The word "spinster" is heavily laden with negative and derogatory images, and carries a lot of stigma, that doesn't fit or apply to the "bachelorette" of today. The fact that marriage is based on freedom and consent of both parties makes it essential, and supposedly acceptable, to have "bachelorettes" in every society, hence, they should not be stigmatized and degraded by being called "spinsters", but rather to be referred to as "bachelorettes". 2011-02-01T08:00:00Z thesis application/pdf https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/1140 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/2139/viewcontent/2010sapesandraabdalla.pdf The author retains all rights with regard to copyright. The author certifies that written permission from the owner(s) of third-party copyrighted matter included in the thesis, dissertation, paper, or record of study has been obtained. The author further certifies that IRB approval has been obtained for this thesis, or that IRB approval is not necessary for this thesis. Insofar as this thesis, dissertation, paper, or record of study is an educational record as defined in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 USC 1232g), the author has granted consent to disclosure of it to anyone who requests a copy. Theses and Dissertations AUC Knowledge Fountain |
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| title_short | Cairene women: a bachelorette, not a spinster! |
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