Does harem simply mean a group of women that belong to a man, or can it refer also to a group of men belonging to a woman, or is it a muslim sexist thing?
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in short, yes, harem does refer to a group of women. In the original Arabic or Turkish sense, it refers to 'wives and concubines' as well as to the actual place in which they resided. however, if you are using it in a sense to immasculate the men to whom you are refering, then you can of course use it in such a way.
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Harem is a place for womens only; within a house or a palace; where no non family members or strangers can go inside. If a husband is living in a house with a wife (one or maximum four); with his mother or sister or other family members, the womens' areas is the harem. Its like your bedrooms ... its NOT the muslims sexist thing? I don't know how you got that idea? No muslim women can keep a group of men or can marry to more than one husband at a time both will be adultry in Islam and it has the same punishments as it was originally in the Old and new Testament. When you have time just go through the English Translation of holy Quran; you believe it or NOT it does'nt make any difference. RK
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The harem is the women's area of the house. In the palace of a concubine-taking despot, it is full of his concubines. But in a more normal household, there is still a strong separation of the sexes, and women have parts of the house where men don't go and vice versa. So it is to do with eomen, and it is not explicitly sexist, because there is a symmetry: there are men only arfeas as well. But in a society that is sexist, it is a means of enforcing that sexism.
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