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Gender Discrimination In A Thousand Splendid Suns

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Anuja Sharma
Kanika Dnag
Thesis paper
23 October, 2015

Battle for equality
Gender discrimination refers to biased treatment, based on gender. Many people misunderstand the concept of gender and often relate it to sex. Gender and sex, though often seen related, are actually not synonymous. According to Lorber (1968) sex is the state of being females and males; meanwhile, gender refers to women and men. Each gender has its own identity and roles which are called as femininity and masculinity.
Today, the future of women of Afghanistan is uncertain. There are a lot of restrictions put on them . In under-populated areas mistreatment of women is still prevalent. There is a lack of decent health care available for them due to which many die …show more content…

When men occupy a superior position, they have the power to control women and their lives. Men determine the likelihoods of women to access opportunities, such as form of education, public facility, career, etc. The power men have over women later gives rise to gender problems between them, which is known as gender discrimination. Hosseini’s‘A Thousands Splendid Suns’ is a novel that shows the plight of women who suffer from gender discrimination in a strong patriarchal society of Afghanistan. With the feminist theory and women’s problems as the background, we are able to see that gender discrimination depicted in the novel is complex. There are a lot of atrocities by men on women in Afghanistan such as violence, subordination and stereotype …show more content…

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