Growing up in America was a nightmare for me. I tried to assimilate because every girl wants to feel a part of peer group, and it caused me alot of pain. America, since the sexual and feminist revolutions, has lost its sense of family. Sex is extremely common, most of my peers were doing it before reaching high school, many became pregnant or got diseases. None of them cared much for education, they ridiculed the intellectuals among them. Materialism and superficiality was the pinnacle of their thoughts, emulating the non stop stream of hollywood stars anyone who didn't engage in it was a social outcaste.
In adulthood this thought process really became terrible. Men didn't have any protective or providership instincts for women. They see us as sexual objects who they can conquer and then move on to the next. Women are reared believing their sexual attraction verifies their values and so they give themselves repeatedly and are left broken hearted. If you are lucky enough to marry there is a 52% chance it will end in a divorce. We have an 80% infidelity rate. Most women in America have 8-12 sexual partners in their lifetime, most men 12-20. Sexually transmitted diseases effect nearly 40% of the population. One of our four people here have herpes, one out of 250 have aids.
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These women who are longing to return to what their heart and biology screams for, these women who are yearning to be mothers and housewives without shame, are looking at Islam and feeling excitement that a vestige of these old ideals still exist.
That's my take on it, as an American woman. And not just any woman, but one who teaches comparative religions and so engages daily in conversations with women who voice these very thoughts. Islam has become a band-aid in healing the pain of the fractured family for many tired females.
