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Monday, August 02, 2004, 16:08

Your own Life: Young Muslim girls

North-South, Journal of Gender Research in Norway

Young Muslim girls are often described as victims of a culture hostile towards women that deprives them of the possibility to control their own days and their own lives. Cand.polit. Anthropologist Nina Rundgren wanted to see how young Muslim girls in Stockholm experienced their personal situation, and give them a voice.

Western media have a high focus on oppression, honour and shame, while the girls in my study insisted that everybody has to find their own way, live their own life. And they do just that. They are not as bound by their culture as is often claimed. There are big personal differences, and differences between families as to how they respond to cultural demands, says Rundgren.
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