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Brothers are usually allowed to go through their sister's belongings, deciding what she may and may not own, read or watch. They may decide whether she can have a computer or a phone, or a television. They may monitor what she watches on the family television and whether she goes to school or not. While a man can act in any way he pleases without worrying about honor, only a few words from a woman could put her in trouble. Brothers take liberty in physically or verbally abusing their sisters if they see them acting in ways that might dishonor the family. Young women do not work on their physical strength and are unable to protect themselves if a brother becomes abusive. Parents usually side with a brother, or are unable to do anything about his conduct toward his sister. A man may watch movies and have a foreign girlfriend, but his sister may not do the same. A man may study abroad and marry when he is a back, but if she studies abroad, she has signed away her chances of finding a U.A.E. husband. He is allowed to marry a foreign woman of the same or different religion; if she marries a foreign man of the same religion she will be ostracized, and if she marries a foreign man of another religion both will be flogged and their marriage anulled and considered adultery. A man usually owns and drives a car, a woman is given this privilege if her father, brother or husband allow her to have it. |
