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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Interviews Housewives Teachers Higher Professionals | |
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| Ethnic and Religious Background | |
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| Fear of Being Interviewed Home and the Outside World | |
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| The Pressure to Conform | |
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| The Ideology of Honour and Shame Attitudes towards Girls | |
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| Growing up Female -the Concept of Femininity | |
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| The Family Name Obedience Virginity and Chastity Puberty | |
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| Mothers and Daughters | |
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| Parents and Daughters | |
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| A Daughter's Education Life for Children Today | |
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| 'Choosing' a Partner | |
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| Traditional and Contemporary Marriages | |
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| Marriage between Cousins | |
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| Love and Marriage | |
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| Girls' Expectations of Future Husbands | |
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| Fate and Destiny Why Women Marry | |
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| Worlds Apart: Sexual Life for Women and Men | |
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| Attitudes towards Sex | |
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| Sex and Knowledge | |
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| Sex and Duty | |
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| Sex and Love | |
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| Relationships Companionship in Marriage | |
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| Husbands as Outsiders | |
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| Husbands who Drink Absent | |
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| Husbands Going Out Together | |
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| Women and Leisure Relationship with the In-Laws | |
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| Important Events in a Woman's Life | |
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| Death and the Mourning Period | |
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| Majida, Muna and Sabiha: Three Case Studies Majida Muna Sabiha | |
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| An Egyptian Comparison | |
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| The Daily Grind: Housework | |
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| The Iraqi House and its Upkeep | |
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| The Iraqi Meal Other Household Jobs | |
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| Husbands and Housework | |
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| Gadgets and Servants | |
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| Working Mothers 'Rewards' for Housework | |
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| Training for Domesticity | |
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| Independence: Is Divorce a Solution? | |
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| Independence within Marriage | |
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| Ending a Marriage | |
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| Women's View of Liberation | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Traditional Oppression and the Resulting Conflicts for Women | |
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| Universal Oppression Options for Change | |
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| The Impact of Modernization Has Education Made any Difference? | |
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| Has Paid Work Made any Difference? | |
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| Domestic Work and Paid Work, the Undervaluation of Women's Labour | |
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| Personal Information about Interviewees and their Families | |
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| Education, Qualifications and Occupations of Interviewees and their Families | |
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| Notes | |
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| Select Bibliography | |