Woman's Rights vs. Woman's Rights?

In Baghdad Without A Map, the separation and differences between Middle Eastern and American cultures become quite clear. In the Middle East, it’s socially acceptable to carry daggers on you in public. Women however are forced to wear veils or a type of clothing covering everything but their eyes. This culture shows a harsh but true favorism of the male sex, while in America the dominant sex is becoming more and more unclear with time. Just back a century ago, American women weren’t allowed to vote and stayed at home with the kids and house. A few decades later however, women had the right to vote and were slowly but surely on the path to success in the workplace and in the world. They started working and taking men’s jobs. Nowadays a man is almost as likely to stay home with children than a woman. This huge transformation over the years has been a prime example of how the Middle Eastern and American cultures differ. On another note, there isn’t much to be said about the changes that Middle Eastern females have undergone because there hasn’t been many. The Middle Eastern culture has somewhat stayed the same over the years. While American culture is constantly changing, Middle Eastern values and customs have remained solid in their attempt to stop change and Westernization from reaching the Middle East.
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