It is true that the culture of a certain group of people influences the ideas and the attitudes they hold on a certain topic. Decades ago, before and during the French colonization, the Moroccan society was considered a very close minded community, where Men rule and Women have to obey. Furthermore, girls, or the female gender in general, would not leave the house, unless it is a necessity with something covering their bodies, from head to toe. But, why wasn’t that treatment applicable on the male gender too ? Maybe, because for them Women are responsible for their own honor. Talking about women in the Moroccan culture can be very controversial, as some might consider themselves open-minded, but indeed they are not. A myriad …show more content…
Unfortunately this society makes women culpable of any conflict, before even hearing both the sides of the story, for example, if two entities had a sexual relationship outside of marriage, which is, of course, inadmissible and a shame, apart from being “ Haram“ in the religion of Morocco, the women is the only who is blamed, as if the man didn’t have anything to do with the incident, because he is a man, unfortunately in the Moroccan society there is much more power given to the man rather than the women, and the statement is the only excuse they can give while asked about the reason of this extreme form of sexism. However, old people who have spent their lives serving this country would claim that the women is like a diamond that we should take care of, and that it is her job and in her favor to cover up herself, not only in the physical meaning of it but also keep herself safe from anything that has the potential to bring shame to her and her