MGtM, I'm diappointed you should have interpreted my comments as "justification for the persistantly ongoing persecution and punishment of young women in Islamic countries......". I abhore and condemn this sort of abuse, no matter where it takes place and by whom. Unfortunately, it is all too often perpetrated in the name of religion.

"....into the 80s." I believe the last Magdalane Laundry closed in 1996, and furthermore, it surprises me that you describe it as "occasional abuse"!

Rog