Whilst we focus on the difficulties women face in our region there are women in places like India and China that don't even get a chance at life purely because they are female. This is a great tragedy. I remember reading about this when I was a child. Now I am 24 and it's disheartening to believe its still happening. It's gotten so bad that they have had to ban sex determination through the ultrasound for fear the female children will be aborted. When they are born they may suffer from malnutrition or are poorly treated. Women are simply not valued in these places. This is a prime example of the damage of a fanatical patriarchal society.
Its amazing that in this day all across the world we have endless examples of how women are viewed as second class citizens at best. This is just one example. In this case this is a combination of a cultural / societal and to some extent religious phenomenon. But there are also several instances where religion plays a large role in elevating the man and devaluing the woman. A later post will deal a bit with that. Until then, Check out this article concerning the treatment of women in some parts of India:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42892710/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia
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