Ann Landers Quotes
Women's magazines continue to print 'helpful' articles on How to Hang on to Your Husband while thousands of wives write to me and complain that 'hanging is too good for 'em.
Landers, Ann. Since You Ask Me. Prentice-Hall, 1961.
Editorial castigates the many divorce seekers from other states coming for Indiana liberal divorce laws
Mohamed preached to a simple people and he made analogies that would be understood. Heaven is often depicted as a succulent garden. In this saying women who want to divorce their husbands without sufficient Islamic cause would not go to heaven. This manifests into a strong sexist culture with regard to Islamic marriage rules. This particular passage is not per se a problem; however, there is no parallel stricture on men who under Sharia, Islamic law, can divorce a wife without even going to a court and without ever giving a reason.
Many leaders of nations are in denial about this problem which exists almost everywhere. In Israel, the problem is compounded because the very orthodox Jews and Muslims both come from a tradition where women are allocated a place subservient to men in many ways and to some (like some Christians) there is a perceived duty to discipline wives and daughters. So reform involves religious tradition and theology.
Ann Landers was a pen name created by Chicago Sun-Times advice columnist Ruth Crowley in 1943 and taken over by Esther Pauline "Eppie" Lederer in 1955. For 56 years, the Ask Ann Landers syndicated advice column was a regular feature in many newspapers across North America. Owing to this popularity, "Ann Landers", though fictional, became something of a national institution and cultural icon.
