your overwhelming generalizations are not even true

I find all of those qualities to be unattractive and don’t really know anyone who is like that

No you don’t.

You have to have those things if you’re trying to be featured on the cover of Playboy. But you don’t have to have those things to succeed. A woman doesn’t need to have big breasts to become CEO of an energy company any more than I have to look like Schwarzenegger to become a successful scientist.

Women in Islamic theocracies, on the other hand, are beaten, imprisoned, or even executed for talking out of turn, or accidentally showing some calf.

How are they opressed? It’s all their choice.

It’s the same with either gender. If you want to be attractive to the opposite sex, then do what you can. If not, then don’t. No one is making you.

In Islamic countries, there is no choice for women.

Yes, and many don’t even have cellphones!!!

…the horror, the horror….

Its sad how the media portrays us..

we have to be perfect .. in their eyes.

I’m glad i’m not the type where it would influence or effect me

I get your point, but it sure is a clumsily made one.

My wife has neither breast implants, blonde hair, lots of make-up, anorexia, a million surgeries to her name, nor a particularly a big butt… but I married the hell out of her anyways.

Let’s just say this, ok? Sexism, and sexual oppression, takes many forms in many cultures, eastern and western. Alright? Ok? Enough with your half-baked attempts to boost Muslim women at the expense of non-Muslim western women. We can ALL do better to respect the ladies of this planet more; end of story.

Sheesh.

Sheesh and yawn.

They are not opressed.

They do that stupid stuff to themselves and then they blame it on someone else. I see it happen every day.

(I’m male by the way)

sheesh some people are using the wrong terms like ‘islam’ and ‘muslim’ most of the strict rules are not in islam
like the ‘nikab’ thats not compulsory
seriously people just see islam through the media
stop being so narrow minded !
islam is totally diffrent
its simple
yes simple

now its true you are generalizing, generalizing isnt so good as alot of people start to go all hyped up about it
you have a point i must agree
yet its a ‘mediated’ point
media just influences us too much
hypnotises us

I know of several american males (who are good looking), who feel that beauty is only skin deep.

One would go so far as to say "If I married a woman with fake boobs, and she got older, it would be kinda horrid to see a naturally graceful older body with fake 18 year old boobs, kinda disturbing"

Maybe you should stop listening to those who judge you on looks and look to people that accept you for who you are.

very much oppressed, they use themselves to please men,just like sex slaves

not really.
a lot of them are just typical teenage girls….
they need to stop focusing on trying to find husbands or whatever and focus on their studies.

Oppressed…no. We do tend to be held up to unrealistic social standards of beauty by the America Media machine. My answer to that.. screw you if you don’t like me the way I am; your loss not mine.

That’s not true, at least they are not LEGALLY oppressed. it’s their choice whether to buy into the cookie-cutter version of beauty (which I think is bogus) or express themselves individually.

Blame the media. But since this is religion and spirituality…

Blame Christianity. The female was never considered perfect as it is.
That’s why I’m Wiccan. I don’t need to be talked down into improving myself to be better for any God.

Way to generalize about the attitudes of American men towards American women.

I, for one, have never said NEXT! to any woman in my life for the reasons you have listed. The "Barbie" look has never been a favorite of mine, anyways.

You’re also discounting the fact that a woman may wish to alter her appearance to satisfy her self, and not for any man.

"Need" to have them? No… not exactly. Do some believe the crap they’re fed and THINK they need all that? Of course – some people will believe anything. Of course, some people will believe anything they read about Americans, too. Critical thinking is a good skill to have – and USE.

I think a girl who looks beautiful without needing to resort to artificial stuff is the best kind. I think you’ve been watching too much MTV.

No, they don’t need those things..They choose to undergo these procedures…

Oppression is to tell a woman her worth and intelligence is half of a mans, to stone her to death for perceived "immodesty", to toss acid at her for attending school, to cover her in sackcloth and teach her that her body is something shameful to behold.

Layla, spare us the "media propaganda" nonsense..Execution for religious "crimes" is well known..