[quote=@Darcs] Kek Inequality as in humans being [i]different[/i] from one another =! Inequality perpetuated by the state and capitalist ideology designed to create economic disparity Except it is happening? [url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-33353370]Just last week a Saudi prince promised to donate $32 billion in order to [i]"help build bridges to foster cultural understanding, develop communities, empower women, enable youth, provide vital disaster relief and create a more tolerant and accepting world."[/i][/url] [url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/26/world/middleeast/women-to-vote-in-saudi-arabia-king-says.html?_r=0]Women can vote in Saudi Arabia this year.[/url] Lebanon legalized homosexual acts just last year, and although I'm not the biggest fan of Israel, they are one of the most progressive countries in the world when it comes to women and LGBT rights. [url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-17628726]A Transgender celebrity in Angola has been in the international spotlight for years, and is one of the best selling artists in the country.[/url] [url=http://www.care2.com/causes/mozambic-gay-rights-advocates-push-for-constitutional-amendment.html]Mozambique just[/url] [url=http://www.kuchutimes.com/2015/06/homosexuality-decriminalised-in-mozambique/]decriminalised homosexuality on June 1st.[/url] In fact, as far as Africa goes, it's actually the remaining colonial Christian influence that's left so many nations with the cultural attitudes they have today (obviously that's a vast generalization, but the influence still remains) pre-scramble for Africa, women were pretty much on par with men in most areas, sexual fluidity and homosexuality between men and women was open in places like Lesotho and the Congo-- Hatshepsut may have literally identified as a man. But that was like a million years ago-- back to the point-- Does that mean it's over? No. In a lot of these places, it's worse for women, LGBTQ individuals, and other minority groups than most Westerners can even imagine. But that doesn't mean that things aren't slowly getting better. [/quote] It's also worth noting that in the words of Shusha Guppy homosexuality was an accepted practice in the Arab world in the pre-modern area, if as a likely and partly a side-effect of the post-Hanbali world of Islam with more intensive sex-segregation. But from the 16th and through to the 19th century. And in as far as Shush'a book goes (Veiled Might of the Harem) it makes the assertion: [i]"In the pre-modern era, Western travelers were amazed to find Islam "a sex-positive religion" and men openly expressing their love for young boys in words and gestures."[/i] The ideological shift against Homosexuality could be chalked up to European influence in the 19th century with the Arab world and Turkish spheres being largely taken over by British and French forces after the first World War and introducing various laws or rules to "normalize" the region according to Europe, which included isolating homosexuality and suggesting that it's abnormal or a minority among common society. And it could be assumed that later in that same century with Cold War politics such issues polarized themselves more with the East vs West great game of influence over the region selecting and putting into power increasingly stricter regimes simply because they're friendly to one side or the other.