Role Model Rosia Rezaee: Discrimination Against Women In Society

Gender inequality remains a major barrier to human development. In this PBS, they talked about Afghanistan women’s right. In Afghanistan, women and girls are discriminated against in health, education, political representation, and labor market. Women roles are given at birth, as one's biological sex, they are to be learned and taught amongst those surrounding one at an early age, and the society and culture one lives in. I think this is a serious problem around the world, not only in Afghanistan. We can see crimes against women consist of violence, femicide (murder of women), and rape (war rape) in countries such as Pakistan and the Muslim Middle East. I think it doesn’t happen in developing countries but also in the modern countries. If we compare between women and men salary in the same kind of jobs in America, men will get more salary than women even women might work harder and better. I think this gap needs to be fixed. However, this issue has been chronically for at least 100 years and it is hard to solve. I think if we want to get this culture changed, we need to start new cultivation to the new generation. The remedy would have to emanate from the cultural tradition of the citizenry; accordingly, the collaboration of local communities, institutions, national authorities and international bodies is essential to influencing change and promoting the value of women.

This research paper examines gender discrimination in the workplace. Gender discrimination is a problem that women face daily in our society. This report will examine the causes of gender discrimination and the affects it has on women in the workplace. It will discuss the glass ceiling concept, how gender discrimination affects women’s family life, and how women’s job performance is considered when discussing gender discrimination.

The author shows a great example of the power these men had against these women in the village. In the time period this story took place, it was amazing to the author to witness that gender inequality was still a very big issue in some places. The author described how shocked she was when she found out that these women were not allowed to

Women in our country today might seem just as equal as men, but when you look at the whole world, they are nowhere near as equal. This is portrayed in the novel A Thousand Splendid Sons by Khaled Hosseini. From the beginning till the end, it clearly addresses problems like gender equality and the oppression of females in our world through the novel’s setting, the society and its characters. To make it even more evident, the two main characters Mariam and Laila are strong, valiant young women living in a male-dominated society. They don’t start out this way but work their way up to it as they fight for their freedom. This makes them stand out and adds a feminist opinion to the novel as they have their own thoughts.

During the novel “A Thousand Splendid Suns”, which takes place in Afghanistan, the rights of women change dramatically, and at times they had no rights at all. In the extremely male dominated society women are not allowed outside without being covered, whereas in the public society women are allowed out by themselves, and uncovered. The societies in which these changes take place are very different, however in both, women are dominated by men.

In a male dominated society, the women of Afghanistan face many pressures and limits that are taught and ingrained in them at a very young age. Women and girls are seen as less than men and boys. They are viewed as being weak and unimportant. They are often pulled out of school and shunned to the house during their middle school years. Society sees no reason to educate girls when the whole point of girls is to serve as wives to their husbands and mothers to sons. They are taught that their entire worth depends on how happy they make their husband. As depicted by Jenny Norberg in The Underground Girls of Kabul, Afghanistan is a horrible place to be a woman. The pressure to birth sons, uphold a perfect reputation, and the economic disadvantages women face often force them to become men to have basic human respect and survival.

So again, the women are seen as the lesser person. The rest of the world is turning against gender discrimination and Afghanistan is far from it. In addition, women barely get the choice of what their future entails, it is always the parents decision. In the Kite Runner Soraya was pushed to become a lawyer even though she wanted to be a teacher (Hosseini, 126). Her father would not allow her to pursue her dream.

Afghanistan is a war-torn country that has been plagued by death, turmoil, and terror. Ever since the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in December of 1979, the country has been an unstable battlefield that has showed no remorse for any groups of people; especially women. The war zone, known as Afghanistan, has affected women the worst out of all groups of people affected by the many wars. From getting their rights to education, health, and careers taken away, to being treated like a useless piece of trash, women have experienced a drastic amount of inequality, pain, and fear. Ever since the Soviet Union invasion of Afghanistan, Afghan women have been physically, mentally, and sexually abused, denied access to basic human rights, and subjected to the worst of Sharia Law (thesis).

As thousands of years have passed since the ancient times, we have only just realized how important women are to the success of a prosperous society. We have come to realize that women are not just what we have depicted before, they are key providers to many families, our economy and now are even considered to be smarter than males. Myths have shown that women are secondary characters and even in some cases, tertiary characters. They are often frowned upon being considered as unworthy compared to men but are usually helping men to succeed in their quest. It is very rare for women to play a bigger role than being an assistant for the hero and we can assume how women were valued and portrayed many years ago. In summary, women are oppressed. There

Muslim women should not try to hide themselves from discrimination by not wearing their headscarves. I believe that they should be passionate about their religion and race. In the passage about Malala, it states that she will not give up her goal of women acquiring an equal education to men, no matter what other’s reactions are. Muslim women need to do the same as Malala and stand up for themselves. I don’t believe in discrimination against Muslim women at all. People should definitely not be harassing others because of their race, religion, or beliefs. In the passage about Muslim women, it states that they were attacked physically and mentally by words. This is atrocious. America needs to fix this problem now. All in all, Muslim women should

Afghanistan’s people have faced a number of frightening issues over the years. They have suffered through poverty, unemployment, a mediocre educational system, and most devastatingly, a long period of war. And though the whole country is affected by these conflicts, the many issues Afghanistan faces are especially unforgiving towards their women. While men are treated with the utmost respect, women are often treated with disregard of any basic human decency. In Afghanistan, women’s rights are severely restricted, and it’s sickening to see it still going on. Women, no matter where they live, should have the same rights as

Reflection Paragraph: “Success Despite Injustice” by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon poignantly illustrates the constant striving of Afghan women in their search for gender equality. Time and time again, these resilient women have more than proved their worth as valued members of Afghanistan, yet efforts to incorporate women into society have steadily declined in recent years. Their ingenuity and ability to adapt

The main point of this article was that the Pakistani women are becoming more aware of how ugly sexism and misogyny can be. These women have decided to put a stop to this after years of taking sexism due to it being part of the conservative societal norm. Pakistani women have pursued education and careers along with contributing to the building of the nations economy to be left with discrimination based on their gender challenging social norms. Women in Pakistan are taunted everyday to the point they face divorce, mental and physical abuse and sometimes they are even faced with death due to the societal norm

Gender segregation is still common in the Middle East and both genders are expected to fulfill their designated roles within society. There is a lot of pressure for both genders to marry and to not do so is considered “social disaster”. Arranged marriages are not uncommon, especially among the more traditional families (Whitaker) and in this relationship, men are generally considered the “active” partners while their wives are the “passive” partners (Tolino 5). These ideas are prominent throughout society in the Middle East and create problems for individuals who do not conform to their assigned roles, specifically members of the LGBT community. LGBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, although all gender and “sexual minorities” are considered part of this community (Human Rights Watch 69). LGBT individuals face struggles all around the world, but their problems are more pronounced in the Middle East, where the concept of homosexuality is vastly different than in the West. People in the Middle East generally view homosexuality as a “Western invention” and there is no clear distinction between “sex” and “gender”. The classification of an individual as “gay” does not always relate to “a physical act with someone of the same gender”. A male could be considered “gay” simply for not conforming to gender roles or acting feminine (Simmons 1). In the Middle East, members of the LGBT community face extreme inequality, primarily in the form of homophobic laws with

Violence against women is not a recent phenomenon. Women have been victims in all ages, societies. Women are subjective to violence in all countries now days, they’re being violated both physically and sexually. Laws are initiated in a lot of courtiers to protect women who are being violated but even with that the number of cases are still increasing. Violence against women affects women physically and mentally. Since, the act of violence against women is now being acknowledged by a lot of people these days thanks to the feminism movement or the modern women movement which are fighting for equal rights regardless of the age and gender that no man or women should be violated in such inhumane actions but, if we took a look around the rates of violence, violence against women is higher since majority of the abusive cases are women. The status of women in her society contributes or plays a huge role