Reading this text provoked a response in me as I remembered an experience I encounterd upon a visit to a Mosque for the first time. As I focused on the reading one particular statement captured my attention. "The Qur'anic texts from which many instructional teachings are derived often appear to relate to a specific cultural setting. For instance,  in the phrase often translated as "men are maintainers of women" It is believed that women needed to be protected by men, whether financially, or physically from the public, as they were excluded from the social arena. I struggled with this idea as a result of my visit and lack of knowledge of the religion at the time. I do not have a problem with the protection of women, but the notion of being  "maintained" applies a different connotation to the meaning. Upon my visit I entered the main sancturay via the front entrance, unaware of the side door available for women, I was quickly escorted to the women's area where we would worship in a seperate room, via live streaming sitting on the floor as the men worshipped in the main sancturay to recieve the word for the day, fully clothed from head to toe in mid august I tried to focus on the word and prayer, however I struggled with the equality of the treatment of women. So to what context should the teachings of the Qur'an be modified and applied as it relates to the maintaince of women?