Treatment of women around the world is a current world issue that has and still is a large issue in out society today. For many centuries man has always been labeled as the superior sex. Girls were brought up to be passive, gentle and caring. Their occupation was to cook, clean and bear children, with the occasional teacher or nurse. Men were brought up to be dominating. From birth they were dressed in 'unfeminine' colours such as blue and red and had army men and cars thrust into their hands. Women and men lived like this in many cultures for a long time. Over time women in developed worlds began fighting for equal rights and now approaching a new millennium we have a new generation where boys can play with dolls and women can be lawyers. Well, as we all know not all stories have happy endings and this one is no exception. This story does not have an ending, only a beginning where women all over the world, in very different countries are facing very similar problems-discrimination and a lack of human rights. Even in our developed nations of Canada and the United States there are hundreds of cases of domestic violence where women and children are beaten and the perpetrator never punished.
home. Women have lost every right that would allow them to live independently from men. Women cannot go to school, work, or even leave their homes without a male member of their family. Women have very limited access to health care as they cannot be examined or operated on by a male doctor and they must also take a male member of their family as a chaperone. Women are also not allowed to petition the court directly, it must be done through a male member of their family.
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