Hudda Ibrahim, a St. Cloud Tech and Community College faculty member and editor-in-chief at Somalicurrent.com, watched a live stream of last weekend's proceedings. It didn't surprise in the least. After all, Ibrahim says, Omar isn't just going up against other candidates. She's also contending with a tradition of misogyny that burrows centuries.
"[Noor] cannot to lose to a young Somali woman," Ibrahim says. "Even though there are a lot of men who don't demonize women — a woman candidate [like Omar] — men demonizing women is embedded in Somali culture. Somali culture is patriarchal. So when a woman is running for an office, our male-dominated society will try to undermine the woman. This is a problem in my culture and this, I believe, is what happened here. They see women only in the kitchen."
http://www.citypages.com/news/did-misogyny-sabotage-ilham-omars-bid-for-a-dfl-endorsement-8193904
"[Noor] cannot to lose to a young Somali woman," Ibrahim says. "Even though there are a lot of men who don't demonize women — a woman candidate [like Omar] — men demonizing women is embedded in Somali culture. Somali culture is patriarchal. So when a woman is running for an office, our male-dominated society will try to undermine the woman. This is a problem in my culture and this, I believe, is what happened here. They see women only in the kitchen."
http://www.citypages.com/news/did-misogyny-sabotage-ilham-omars-bid-for-a-dfl-endorsement-8193904
