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Elizabeth Femea, a professor at the University ofTexas at Austin, gave her speech “Islamic Women Today: New Challenges, Changing Roles,” as the fourth part of this year’s E.N. Thomp son Forum on World Issues. Traditional Western world stereo types portray Islamic women of the Middle East in two different ways, Femea said. Western men sec those women as exotic and sexy, she said. “From diaries, books and plays, we see the sexy lady extended on a couch, scantily clad, with slaves fanning her,” she said. And Western women hold a differ cnt view. “She appears as a household slave,” Fernea said. “A baby machine, a slave.” But these stereotypes don’t hold true anymore, she said. “They arc not lying around being fanned,” she said. “They are not pas sive.” Stereotypes are broken as the women improve themselves in the work place, education and politics, Femca said. About 40 percent of Islamic women work outside the home, she said, compared to 7 percent in 1973. Women also are vying for more pro motions at work. With employment comes extra in come for these women, she said, and that gives them a sense of power. More women are attending univer sities, Femea said, and with education they are forming more women’s 1 movements. A new religious women’s move ment has embraced women of all so cial classes and helps them continue their educations, Femca said. Islamic women also have become politically involved, Femea said. In the countries of Morocco, Jor dan, Egypt and Palestine, Islamic women all have been elected to pub lic office recently, she said, even though other countries are trying to keep women out of politics. 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