Islamic Women and Their Oppression
The traditional Islamic views on the treatment of women in A Thousand Splendid Suns raise the awareness of feminism, suppression, and the different perceptions on the superiority of women, especially in the Middle East. The society of the Islamic Nations seem to interpret the Qu’ran in support of male dominance. Females are denied their basic rights and, are not protected by domestic violence. The feminist movement is beginning to view the traditional ways as challengeable and is supported by the views of journalist studying the woman in Middle Eastern, Islamic communities.
Sexism is a concept on how society treats one gender “superior” to another. Through the majority of our history, sexism refers to females …show more content…
Hosseini, also portrays the female figure 's courage, mental strength, and endurance, to exceed that of the men characters. The men though would almost treat the women as property. A particular scene was written to emphasize the immoral abuse presented to the characters. The character Rasheed rages at his wife, Mariam, for her poor cooking, forcing her to chew pebbles. Mariam 's mouth was full of broken teeth and blood. (Hosseini 104) This is one of the first instances where abuse is seen in the novel especially through the infamous husband figure, Rasheed, whose character develops into a true physical and mental violent male. Abusing a female is a common occurrence in a good handful of countries in the Middle East. The society in which the characters live in throughout the novel, chooses to ignore the female 's problems in the household since they “belong” to and are the concern of their husbands only. The expected work of a wife was to maintain a household and care for the children. They are unable to gain education or skills to maintain or achievement of employment of a higher paid job. …show more content…
The reality of this fiction novel is the actual abuse and subjection of the women 's personal liberties. The, Islamic based governments these women live in are use to male dominance. The traditional ideology seems to give the males the idea that women are the lesser gender.Though journalist and scientist have aided the Islamic females hopes of gaining liberation, by interpreting the Qur 'an, questioning the label of inferiority on women. The feminist movement continues throughout the world, following alongside sexism, patriarchy, and domestic
The traditional Islamic views on the treatment of women in A Thousand Splendid Suns raise the awareness of feminism, suppression, and the different perceptions on the superiority of women, especially in the Middle East. The society of the Islamic Nations seem to interpret the Qu’ran in support of male dominance. Females are denied their basic rights and, are not protected by domestic violence. The feminist movement is beginning to view the traditional ways as challengeable and is supported by the views of journalist studying the woman in Middle Eastern, Islamic communities.
Sexism is a concept on how society treats one gender “superior” to another. Through the majority of our history, sexism refers to females …show more content…
Hosseini, also portrays the female figure 's courage, mental strength, and endurance, to exceed that of the men characters. The men though would almost treat the women as property. A particular scene was written to emphasize the immoral abuse presented to the characters. The character Rasheed rages at his wife, Mariam, for her poor cooking, forcing her to chew pebbles. Mariam 's mouth was full of broken teeth and blood. (Hosseini 104) This is one of the first instances where abuse is seen in the novel especially through the infamous husband figure, Rasheed, whose character develops into a true physical and mental violent male. Abusing a female is a common occurrence in a good handful of countries in the Middle East. The society in which the characters live in throughout the novel, chooses to ignore the female 's problems in the household since they “belong” to and are the concern of their husbands only. The expected work of a wife was to maintain a household and care for the children. They are unable to gain education or skills to maintain or achievement of employment of a higher paid job. …show more content…
The reality of this fiction novel is the actual abuse and subjection of the women 's personal liberties. The, Islamic based governments these women live in are use to male dominance. The traditional ideology seems to give the males the idea that women are the lesser gender.Though journalist and scientist have aided the Islamic females hopes of gaining liberation, by interpreting the Qur 'an, questioning the label of inferiority on women. The feminist movement continues throughout the world, following alongside sexism, patriarchy, and domestic