Essay About Women In The Middle East

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In Saudi Arabia, mixing of genders “will lead to criminal charges being brought against both parties” (Eleven Things Women In Saudi Arabia Cannot Do). Religious views in the Middle East are the main cause of the oppression towards women. However, women played a prominent role in the rise of political transitions and now have fallen victim to the prejudice of Middle Eastern society. Women have endless amount of responsibilities within her family life and are expected to fulfill them all. They are denied equal rights due to the lack of respect from men and themselves. In the Middle East, women are treated more like slaves than equal members of society because the government does not recognize women as people, men have more rights, and there …show more content…

For example if a women leaves the home without her husband's permission, “the husband could get the assistance of the police to forcibly return his wife to the marital home if she were absent without his leave” (Law and Women in the Middle East). Women live in constant fear of their significant other, who is supposed to be there for them, not cause harm in her life because she went out without his blessing. Women should be able to complete simple errands like grocery shopping or going to work but men do not allow them to do such things. This is important because they are expected to complete house work and take of the children but are not able to walk the kids to school or go to the park with them without a male relative going with her. In addition to not being able to leave the house without a male relative, “women are not allowed to drive cars” (7 Ridiculous Restrictions on Women’s Rights Around the World). Despite what men think, women drivers would not cause more car accidents than there already are. Furthermore, having women be able to drive would be easier on all the male family members because then they could have their own schedule not based around that of the female relative. Although, it has been proven that female drivers are actually better drivers than men, women are still refused the right to drive. Woman would be able to do so much more if men would allow them to have more

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