Egypt female candidate angers feminists by glorifying the patriarchy
A female candidate running in Egypt’s upcoming legislative elections has been glorifying men and the patriarchal system, raising the ire of feminists across the nation who have worked for years to change society’s view that women are inferior.
CAIRO — A female candidate for the Oct. 24-25 elections for Egypt's House of Deputies is coming under fire for glorifying men and demeaning women.
Wafaa Salaheddine, who is running as an independent in the Nile Delta province of Menoufia, says women have to serve their husbands as servants.
Salaheddine, who is not married, even backs polygamy and says men have the right to get married to more than one woman at a time.
This is touching a raw nerve with the nation's feminists, who have long struggled to change stereotypes about women.
