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The laws made are all for the benefits of men to control the women. The laws made are also based on the gender role assumption by the society. According to Hosseini (2007),”Attention women: You will stay inside your homes at all times. It is not proper for women to wander aimlessly about the streets. If you go outside, you must be accompanied by a mahram, a male relative. If you are caught alone on the street, you will be beaten and sent home …”(p.297). The laws are made by the Talibans who are men that believe women have no place in the society and should only stay at home. Another evidence, according to Hosseini (2007), “ When they were caught and sent back, the mullah’s son was flogged before he repented and said that Naghma had seduced him with her feminine charms. She’d cast a spell on him, he said. He promised he would rededicate himself to the study of the Koran. The mullah’s son was freed. Naghma was sentenced to five years” (p. 388). This proved that the justice system is leaning against the men. Although the same crime is committed by a man or a woman, the man can make up an excuse and get away with it but never the