“The elders, or ndichie, met to hear a report of Okonkwo’s mission. At the end they decided, as everybody knew they would, that the girl should go to Ogbuefi Udo to replace his murdered wife…. During the planting season Okonkwo worked daily on his farms from cock-crow until the chickens went to roost. He was a very strong man and rarely felt fatigue. But his wives and young children were not as strong, and so they suffered.” (Achebe 12-13). When Ogbuefi Udo’s wife goes to the market in Mbaino, she is murdered, which upsets all the people living in Umuofia. In response to this, the people living in Umuofia decide to let Mbaino “choose between war - on the one hand, and on the other the offer of a young man and a virgin as compensation” (Achebe …show more content…
For example, in the workplace, women, in general, are paid less money than men. In the United States, white women are paid around 80.5% of the amount of money that white men are paid for the same amount of work done. However, the rate of white women getting a job compared to a white man getting a job also differs in other countries. Many women are unable to obtain a job that a man, with the woman’s same skill set, might get. Around the world, this is a common issue that has been put on the news from day to day. There is also the issue of the role of men, specifically in third world country. One example of this type of country includes Pakistan. In certain places in Pakistan, women are not allowed to go to school or work, showing that the role of men in their society is powerful while that of women is weak. Another place where the role of men is significantly larger than that of women is in Saudi Arabia. Women are not allowed to make major decisions without the approval of men, women are not allowed to show their face, and women are restricted in the number of interactions they can have with men. Once again, women are portrayed poorly, while men are still portrayed as strong and