In fact divorce and remarriages became extremely common for both genders. Leila referred that time to the period of ignorance. Although more rights were given to women around that time, it did not stop the misogyny, which caused the rate female infanticide to rise higher than ever. Leila also mentions how women were the active participants of the community taking full part in warfare and religion. Soon the patriarchal orders transformed the society into a more male dominating one replacing the matriarchal practices. This was the cause of modernism that entirely outlawed the concept of matriarchal and matrilineal making patriarchal marriages solely legitimate. In order explain her concept better, Leila Ahmed compares and contrasts the life of Khadija with that of Aisha. Her research over Khadija' life claims that since Khadija lived through the "jahilia" period, her conduct of life was completely different from that of Aisha. Khadija was economically independent and she was the sole decision-maker that did not need to consult any male guardian for her actions. Whereas Aisha, on the other hand lived through the period of "transition" from the time of ignorance to the more Islamic times. During her time, women were more controlled by male guardians. The veiling and seclusion also came into practice during that time. Early arranged marriages and betrothals were highly regarded. Furthermore, over the topic of seclusion, Leila argues that Prophet Muhammed Himself initiated the practice in order to create some distance between his wives and the community people that he encountered on day-to-day basis. During that time, no other woman practiced seclusion besides Prophet Muhammad's wives, which led many women to follow their footsteps. To sum up her argument, Leila states that during the course of transition the status of women has visibly fallen down because the practices of male dominancy were introduced and the time changed that left no rights for women to live by.