hen goes on to describe women as “savages” “treated like furniture in the East” and “ treated like spoiled children in the West.” One of the first things that come to mind about these descriptions is …show more content…
These stereotypes also show the biases within al-Tahtawi. From the way he supports his points with poems we learn that he believes that the right way to treat women is to be disobedient to them and think of the worse about them. His articulations of the arguments are primarily based on how the acts of women affect men and not the other way. In addition, he only states the impact of women actions to men and not the other way. He is speaking on behalf of women because he does not believe that he needs to include their voice in the text, which comes from the time-period and the society he lived