«Ni putes ni soumises»

Fadela Amara: «Ni putes ni soumises», La Découverte, Paris 2004. 168 p., 6 Euros.

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Les jeunes femmes musulmanes dans les banlieues ouvrières de France ont deux choix : putes ou soumises. Fadela Amara tente de leur offrir une troisième option : le respect.

Fadela Amara :

« In Muslim immigrant families, the sons are treated like kings. They are not just preferred over the girls, they are spoilt and coddled.» The crux is that when these young men encounter resistance beyond the family for the first time – when they don't get into university or college, for example – they react helplessly and destructively. They compensate for their fury and inferiority complexes with machismo and violence against those who are socially and physically weaker – girls in particular. »