Should Women Be Allowed To Go To School?

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In 2012 a group called the Taliban entered her school bus and shot Malala in the head because the Taliban thought that girls weren’t allowed to go to school because they believed that their religion doesn’t let them. In the article called “2012 Attacked for Going to School” states that she was going to school when guys with masks walked in the school bus and shot her. Malala survived and is now an activist trying to get girls rights.(Malala fund,2013) Malala’s situation is not an uncommon around the world. In fact there are millions of girls especially in the middle east aren’t allowed to go to school because their religion denies them. Though some of these girls are forced to not go to school some go to secret schools with not many people. …show more content…
On the other side people say it's right because it is part of their culture. Despite what some may say, culture is a justifiable reason to restrict rights from people because it’s what they believe and Male dominant culture has been around for a long time in some countries.

Culture is a justifiable reason to restrict the rights of people because it’s what they believe. For example, the leaders of a country, who are sometimes men, might have beliefs that women should be banned from. According to the article, “Title:Swaziland: Women are banned from wearing pants.” Women can’t wear pants because their kings doesn’t allow them. It says “Wearing pants is considered a disrespect of local traditions. Just recently, a chief banned a woman from participating in an election nomination because she wore trousers. Swaziland is Africa’s last absolute monarch, and though its king, Mswati III, believes a chief should be respected, he has yet to condemn the outlawing of pants.” (Dobreva,2015)This demonstrates how women can’t wear pants because it is a local tradition. A chief/king didn’t allow a woman to participate in a nomination because she was wearing trousers which they are like pants. If a woman wears pants it is disrespecting the king.

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