February Monthly Blog-Women's Rights

  In this world, there is still inequality between men and women. In America and other developed countries, this inequality is not as severe as it is in other parts of the world, but it is still present. In these developed countries, women do not get equal pay compared to men, women do not get hired for certain jobs or positions because they are women, and women are still found being discriminated against. This inequality between women and men makes it hard for women at times, but they should be grateful they are not going through what other women are going through in different parts of the world.  In other parts of the world, particularly in the Middle East, women are still treated as property. These women can make no choices for themselves, they can't get jobs, they can't get an education, and they are restricted in so many other ways. 
This is the situation that Laila and Mariam go through in the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns. Mariam and Laila live in Afghanistan and are both married to a man named Rasheed. Rasheed is a man who is very controlling and strict, and he severely punishes Mariam and Laila often. After marrying Rasheed, these women become his property. Rasheed and every other man in their society is allowed to do whatever they want with their wives; it is said that a man can do whatever he pleases in his home and he won't get in trouble. Women are also not allowed to leave their homes without a man, and very few of women get an education or a job. Even though the idea of women being treated like this seems so old, this is still happening in real life presently. Women in the Middle East are still going through these hardships and discrimination. These women still are treated like property and they really have no say in anything that goes on their society. These women are also fighting to get an education and to be treated like human beings. These women have so much more to fight for and worry about than equal pay and not getting a certain job; these women have to fight for their lives. 
I believe that women's equality is important everywhere in the world. Women are not exactly equal to men in any part of the world, and being a woman, I think that is very unjust. Women are just as human as men are, and so they should be treated this way. In America and countries similar to it, women should not be judged in any way in the work place for being a woman. Women should get equal opportunities to men at all times. This also goes for countries that still treat women as property. Women should not be compared to cars or any other objects, they are people. They are people that deserve the right to say what they want, love who they want, and be free to do whatever they want. Women should not have to suffer anymore, no matter where they live in the world.