Unfortunately,
women oppression is still widely present in the world among us. Whether it
appears in the physical form, verbal form, or societal form it is present
throughout every country.
Although
it is not as pertinent in the United States as other countries, middle eastern
countries per say, Americans also deal with women oppression. Specifically in
the area of society, where women are still struggling for equality. This struggle
is seen in literature through The Awakening,
where Edna is stuck in an average American family and discovers that she has
her own wishes and desires other than what has been implicated on her.
Women
in the Middle East experience women oppression through all three variables
physically, verbally, and through their society. The society in the Middle East
set women lower than men, where women are given much less rights than men. Rights
such as education, where education is less available for women than it is for
men. In the book A Thousand Splendid Suns,
women oppression is shown through two amazing stories, Laila’s and Marian’s. The
book not only unveils women oppression in the Middle East but also the strength
these women have to persevere and remain strong for their children and the people
they love. I truly admire the ability these women have to experience such oppression
and continue to move on.
It is important
for us to not ignore women oppression, women are just as human as men there is
no reason for any higher acclamation of either. Men are not greater than women,
and women are not greater than men. This needs to be recognized entirely throughout
the world, because where this mentality is not present, others are provoked.
