Causes Of Gender Inequality In The Middle East

Gender Inequality does not discriminate racially. Women all around the world face gender bias in its most normalized sense. Women have endured much of the bigotry happening in the past but have long since started to fight and demand for social change. Though all women do face these challenges, women around the world are situated at different levels of patriarchy hence, some are more disadvantaged than others. Among the misfortunate, are women of the Middle East. Ranging from being denied driving, to being severely disadvantaged in court, women in Saudi Arabia struggle with inequality. Women in Kuwait and Qatar, aren’t allowed the same divorce rights as men. Women in Iran are forced to accept that the “Iranian parliament opposed granting citizenship to …show more content…
The effects of this global problem are tragic as rates of depression, anxiety and self-esteem issues in women continue rising at alarming rates. Though improvements are taking place to solve this problem, it is happening at too slow a rate to catch up with the demands and protests of feminists spread across the Middle East.
The main cause of much of the gender inequality in Middle Eastern countries is the deeply ingrained cultural misogyny that is often excused by Arabs with religion and viewed by the world as a result of Islamic law. However, the actual root causes of it are complicated, and often controversial. Some of the institutionalized architects of Arab misogyny don’t originate from Arabia. A probable source is from the Ottoman empire. In the past, these French and British rulers used their power to manipulate and twist Arabic culture into what was the most beneficial for them. They gained support