sary to revise the concept of gender segregation and other quasi-medieval
structures which have been introduced in the socio-economic sphere on the
Arabian Peninsula, and not to introduce them in Egypt and elsewhere where
progress in overcoming the gender gap has been made. After graduating from
university many Egyptian women today combine a career with founding a
family, but in general Egyptian society still expects them to neglect neither
their families nor their housework. Staying single to follow a career, or being
married without the intention of having children soon, is not accepted by
society, whether Muslim or Christian. The behaviour of emancipated Western
women is generally disapproved of, and seen as the cause of the disintegra-
tion of families and of the problems of the youth.