The Role of Wives

Seriously?

I. Literally wanna slap her.

Siti Maznah Mohd Taufik is a member of the Obedient Wives Club and Ikhwan Polygamy club.

Further elaboration needed?

Polygamy = a marriage which includes more than 2 partners. I take it that the club upholds the idea of having more than 1 wife and more than 1 husband.

Hedonism, I tell you.

I'm for democracy, everyone has a say, so she has a say too. Let's hear her argument:

• Domestic abuse are caused by disobedient wives.

“Domestic abuse happens because wives don't obey their husband's orders. A man must be responsible for his wife's wellbeing but she must listen to her husband.”

• Adulterous husbands are the results of wives who are not sexy.

“Wives should welcome them with sexy clothes and alluring smiles when in the privacy of their homes.”

We women should all be desperate housewives.

I agree that every husband wants to come home and see his wife wearing only the most revealing lingerie and posing as if she's doing a cover photoshoot for FHM, Playboy and Penthouse. Siti Maznah proudly said that she does exactly that: welcoming her husband after a tiring day of work with her perfumed body in sexy clothes, all smiles.


However, my question is: a wife who does not exhibit her sexual appeal most of the time, is that a sufficient and acceptable reason for a man to indulge in social ills. Going to brothels just because his wife is not sexy and take the risk to satisfy his sexual thirst at the expense of, perhaps, contracting STDs.

Siti Maznah. I understand your blind loyalty towards your husband. I understand that in your eyes, your husband is like a god -- faultless. But I would like to point out that you, despite your attempt to uphold the sovereignty men in the constitution of marriage, did not do them justice.

Hey, not all men are that stupid and ruthless. You say it as if it's a very logical response. Wife not in sexy clothes ----> hello hookers.

You portray them as simpletons, hedonistic simpletons. It's as if all they want is just sex, sex, and more sex. While it is proven scientifically that men are easily aroused, their minds are not occupied with just SEX, SEX, SEX.

Love your women, don't abuse them.

According to you, Siti Maznah, a wife should obey all her husband's orders. You also said that, I quote, "their word is law" as long as whatever they do is not against Islamic law.

If your husband wants to marry off your 10 year-old daughter to his 55 year-old, perverted business partner. You know, like what they do in the olden days, make an alliance, keep it all in the family, solidify the partnership. Clearly, it's not against Islamic law. As a mother, are you willing to see your daughter suffer at the hands of a pedophile, a man cruel enough to sleep with a child who is not even a teenager yet?

What if your husband restricts your freedom, telling you that you can't have Facebook, you can't read the newspapers, you can't use the telephone. You are only to be a housewife, occupying yourself with absolutely nothing except cleaning, cooking and sleeping with him.

Many women will rebel and what may seem like disobedience to you, to me it is fighting for basic rights.

Every human being, regardless of gender, race, age and sexuality deserves to map out their own life. They deserve to say, "This is how I want my life to be." This blind obedience is degrading your status as a man's wife to that of a slave.

We are equal. As much as a woman needs to appease her man, he has to do his part to satisfy her as well.