hc, We know domestic violence and oppression goes on in all cultures, but that doesn’t make it acceptable. Rather than accepting that some Muslim women are forced to wear the burka, and justifying that by saying “surely such a woman has a better life if she can go out?”, we should be telling those men in no uncertain terms that they are wrong and what they are doing is completely and utterly unacceptable in any civilised society. It is that culture that needs to change. Women shouldn’t be obliged to accept rules imposed upon them by men and they certainly shouldn't be expected to be grateful that they are allowed to go out!