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Originally Posted by Saaf_laandon_mo
Single sex schools existed in the UK for a long time. There are plenty of non muslim and non asian (the two can be very different - some people still fail to understand that) who prefer to send their kids to single sex schools. Are they just as 'cruel' as muslim parents for 'refusing to let their daughters mix with boys'
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You're twisting my point and you know it. I specifically tried to head you off on this already:
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Originally Posted by punky
I went to all-boys prep school (which has now gone co-ed) and then a mixed secondary school where classes were segregated. I know the value of it. However my parents encouraged me to interact with all other children outside of school. If these parents object to girls being in the proximity of boys then what kind of social life outside of school will these girls lead? The fact is that these 'parents' want to warp the social interaction into this hideously inbred way.
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My parents encouraged me to mix with both sexes of children (and adults) as not only is it completely normal in the western world for male and females to associate freely, its a necessity to help form healthy relationships. You know damn well in the Muslim or Arab world, that's not the case. In many Muslims countries, women aren't allowed in public alone or aren't allowed in the company of an unknown man alone. Some women that are, aren't allowed to even shake hands with men. In a lot of these cases their spouse is chosen for them. You may not like it, but you can't argue it isn't true.
This gym does not affect classes at all. They are still single sex. What the Muslim parents don't like is having boys in and around the school whilst their uncovered girls are walking about in between. If these parents take that Saudi-Arabian attitude then how are the girls going to be free to go out after school and mix freely with both sexes? They aren't.
Before you go on about me being anti-Muslim or racist or whatever, i'm not. I'm not saying all Muslims are like this, but like it or not, some do believe in the hard-line Saudi-Arabian line for their families.