Patriarchy and Women's Oppression: An Argumentative Essay

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Argumentative Essay
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PATRIARCHY
“From the middle ages, Women are seen as weak gender compared to men because of
male dominance. The cultures have actively supported patriarchy and Women have faced
oppression and denial of rights which is against human rights.
Introduction
Both men and female are equal and they should be treated the same without favoring any
side. Patriarchy is the father dominance where the man takes charge of everything including the
decision making. It is very unfair for men to inherit everything and make the decision while the
women are just watching without any contribution. Patriarchy started right from the begging of
mankind where we get the biblical stories and other myths about where the people come from.
The people of the Middle East mistreat the women so much and they do not even allow them to
talk when the men are talking and that is so inhuman (Abdul).
Body
“Women should not work together with men in workplaces”, a statement like that show
oppression of women and disrespect. Women work is to remain at home and cook for the
children as they wait for their husbands. Nobody should dictate what the women should or
should not do because all genders are equal. Men have nobody to question them even when they

come home late unlike women who can even be divorced because of such a petty thing. In
Arabic culture, women are believed to tell rumors and they cannot trust any story coming from
them. "What is said by women is believed after it has passed". That is so impolite because
women are equal with other human beings so what they say should be treated with a lot of
respect.
During the middle ages, women suffered mistreatment since the men viewed women as
their slaves. The submission was a must and failure to do so heavy punishment followed. Giving
birth is a gift from ultimate being because there are some women who cannot manage. In the
ancient world, the culture of mistreated women who were Burren so much and they were even
excommunicated from the community (Hadi). It was viewed as a bad omen to be barren. It is not
a choice for someone to get pregnant and so being barren, therefore punishing the women was
impertinent. If a woman gave birth to girls only again there was mistreatment because the men
wanted boy child.
A woman does not choose the gender of the child they will bear and they should not be
punished for that. Since there was nobody to represent women in the incidences of oppression
they choose to remain silent so that their marriages could stand. “Women who give birth to girls
only should laugh last” a quotation like this come from a community and that is clear
mistreatment of women because they did not choose (Couchman). Women become their own
enemies and they could even mistreat their fellow women only because they do not have a boy
child. Handling of women roughly was the order of the day and even the young men had that
power to treat the women in the way they choose.