Does a woman need her spouse’s permission…
I remember interviewing about 40 couples during a social gathering for breast cancer women about two decades ago. ( I wonder if the answers would still be the same)
One of the questions was: Does a woman need her spouse’s permission or consent to undergo mastectomy to remove her cancerous breast(s).
All Muslim ladies (n=4) said: Yes, we need.
All Chinese women (n=34)said: No, we don’t need.
2 Indian women were unsure: Yes / no
ALL husbands said that they would support their wife to undergo mastectomy. They don’t mind a wife minus a breast or two, but they all want their wife to live longer.
WHAT SAY YOU?
Chen Song Ping 
My wife does not need my permission for anything, especially anything to do with her own body, which is probably why we have been married for 55 years! She is smart enough to ask my opinion. But every residence or house we have purchased, she has picked out and I have become involved only when my signature is needed for joint ownership. My favorite house is any one she lives in. She does not even need me at all for a car purchase as she buys them in her name only. Why get married if the partnership has a hierarchy?
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Your mutual respect for each other brings harmony to the family! God example for the next generations. 🙏
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I think that is one burden that a woman should not have to add to her load of dealing with breast cancer. It reduces us to milk cow status–we are more than a set of mammary glands.
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Pat, I can’t help laughing as I read your comment… milk cow status and a set of mammary glands.. 😆 😄 🤣
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Happy you like it, Chen Song Ping. It reflects our biological reason to exist and maybe our primary reason to exist. I ‘d like to think we more than just brood animals, fit for nothing more than reproduction.
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I wonder what the men here will say, Pat!
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It’s the wife’s choice and only her choice. It’s a matter of life or death! Very interesting to see the mindset differences amongst communities.
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Yes, many Muslim ladies need their husband explicit ‘YES’…
whereas many Chinese ladies are pretty independent, ‘ it is my body, I decide’.
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Would be interesting to read a male comment.
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