Abuse In Afghanistan Women

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Throughout history, women have been looked at less than and that they should be treated differently because of their gender. The respect or lack of respect a person has for a woman shows a lot into what kind of person they are. Women have gained more power in the United States and are getting treated better, but in some different places around the world women are still treated like a piece of property. Even some women in the United States are treated like a piece of property.Though women are often looked as property many times they get blamed for the awful things that are happening around the world. Women get abused for things that are completely out of their control and they also get abused for some of the smallest things. Women are still …show more content…
In one instance a man by the name of Jaleb Mubin Zarifi claimed that “we know now that the women are not wearing the hijab, and look what’s happening-there’s cancer and AIDS everywhere in Afghanistan”(kfcjdkslh).Their was a woman in Afghanistan who was brutally beaten by her husband's family and the husband continued to cut the nose and ears off of the wife.Thankfully she eventually got away and was able to move in with a different family but that must have been a horrifying situation for her. However women are not always able to get away from their abuser and don’t always completely understand that they need to get away because they are being …show more content…
The gaslighting technique makes the certain person believe that they are going insane and so they become more dependent on the abuser and making the abuse part of them imagining. Around seventy-four percent out of two-thousand five hundred people that called in said that they believed their partner had done something similar to gaslighting (sdjfksdj). Self confidence is another place where the abuser can it causing the dependence on the abuser. Abusive relationships can leave many long lasting consequences such as eating disorders, mental problems, and even having trouble to have normal relationships again. The balance power in the relationship is a main key to having a successful relationship. Psychologist Anita Abrams says: 'Abusive relationships often begin when one partner establishes an unequal power balance

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