Quote Originally Posted by cariad View Post
Whooopeeee. Celebrating being in agreement with Tom for once.

Whilst I am quite happy living under the UK regime, I have heard Arab women say that they appreciate the protection their less extreme societies give them, and so not wish for some of our 'freedoms'. I think there is a significant risk of looking inwards and assuming that our hard won freedoms are what everyone else wishes for.

I am sure most people in my country would like to 'free' me from being in a submissive relationship, to give me therapy so that I do not feel the need for it...

cariad
The importance here is that you are free to chose your own "opression", right? In that sense you are very much free no matter how it may look on the surface.