Furthermore, statistics are used to back up the number of forced marriages, female genital mutilations, and honor killings. But, these statistics are used selectively for we don’t know if there has been an increase in these issues or a decrease because these statistics are the ones that give ground to the arguments made in the movie. When such points and examples are constantly brought up throughout the film it is bound to give the audience an impression that Muslim women are oppressed, suffering, and in need of dire help and that these issues are mainly prevalent in Muslim societies. So, the representation of Muslim women in Honor Diaries is very distorted for an array of reasons. One of the biggest reasons is that the nine activists are all women who have claimed that they have “escaped” from all these events while they had the chance. These women have not been victims of the issues they talk about. The movie also does not provide a perspective of the women who have actually been through such events and what they have to say. The film provides an unbalanced, one sided, and biased view which doesn’t allow for the whole picture to be
Furthermore, statistics are used to back up the number of forced marriages, female genital mutilations, and honor killings. But, these statistics are used selectively for we don’t know if there has been an increase in these issues or a decrease because these statistics are the ones that give ground to the arguments made in the movie. When such points and examples are constantly brought up throughout the film it is bound to give the audience an impression that Muslim women are oppressed, suffering, and in need of dire help and that these issues are mainly prevalent in Muslim societies. So, the representation of Muslim women in Honor Diaries is very distorted for an array of reasons. One of the biggest reasons is that the nine activists are all women who have claimed that they have “escaped” from all these events while they had the chance. These women have not been victims of the issues they talk about. The movie also does not provide a perspective of the women who have actually been through such events and what they have to say. The film provides an unbalanced, one sided, and biased view which doesn’t allow for the whole picture to be