Divorce In I Am Malala By Belle Alon

It would bring great shame upon a family if a woman never got married. Divorce equally brought shame to the woman's family This would mean she would be dependant on her parents or brothers for life. Whilst watching Belle I learnt that if the husband were to die the widow would receive a marriage portion and inheritance at once but must leave her husband's home due to women not having the right to own their own property. This lack of property owning led on to women not having to right to vote. To have the ability to vote a person had to be in ownership of land which women could, by law, not do. Men typically found the idea of women voting absurd. Women were often kept out of political life as they were, and still are, seen as fragile for example in “I am Malala” where it says her father treats her mother as if she is a "fragile China vase". …show more content…
It was said in Belle that she as a woman "should not always insist on speaking [her] mind," or else it would result in her becoming "an old maid with only [her] own company as entertainment." This was also said by her grandmother which shows that even women coerce other women into conforming to societal pressures. On page 11 in The Emancipation of Women, women were also not supposed to speak to men as equals, even if it was her husband or brother. Since this point in time women have broken these expectations and speak freely like the men who have oppressed us for so long. Another way women were tyrannised was by being expected to be subservient wives. To be a good wife they would have to qualities of innocence, purity, meekness and helplessness. A wife with these qualities and skills stated above would be shown as a kind of trophy to show a man's wealth and earned him respect within