So if you see an Arab woman being treated as inferior, you'll criticise the Arab ethnicity in general? That's what the thread title sounds like... --Big D

I'll criticize any culture or philosophy which includes violence towards women or tolerance of violence towards women. I'm not sure I'd use the word "ethnicity"; I prefer "belief system" or "culture". You're probably trying to imply that I'm stereotyping. I'm not saying all Arab men beat their wives; I'm saying that it's apparently part of Arab culture that wife-beating is OK, or that many people (not all people, only many) ignore it or condone it, and that I dislike the culture for that reason (and also dislike those individuals who participate in treating women badly).

I just hope that education will change that way of thinking over time. --Ariel

Which is probably why many countries refuse to let women attend school.