aanonymouse4o:Orientalism was not just a male fantasy. Women of all classes dreamed of being carr
aanonymouse4o: Orientalism was not just a male fantasy. Women of all classes dreamed of being carried off to the romantic desert where they would be free of constricting clothes and dull unimaginative sex with dull unimaginative husbands Most of them could not imagine how different the reality was. Those who could imagine a life in the harem in it’s reality were excited by the idea of slavery. -- source link