Sexual Ethics and Islam

In “Sexual Ethics and Islam,” the author K. Ali talks about how marriage, money and sex has to do with Islam and how they represent each of these categories in different texts such as the Qur’an and the Hadith. At the beginning of the chapter, K. Ali talks about how marriage obligates the husband to pay his wife a dower or to pay it to the bride’s family; and it seems has legitimate sexual access to his wife. In other words, it seems to have “the vulva’s price,” because it is the compensation that he enjoys about her. On the other hand, Islam also focuses on women and men's sexuality. In fact, Islam is a religion with a positive view of human sexuality, focusing on sexual rights within marriage, and the right to fulfill their pleasures without being obligated. And this goes as well for men. And last, but not least this the author talks about halters; she mentions how Islam does not obligate women to be house a wife or be part of the domestic sphere.