Struggle of Women in India
The Struggle of Women in India By: Michelle Brown
Copper Hills High School
The Struggling Women in India Introduction All over the world women have a numerous amount of freedom. We have worked 1
for it hard and have succeeded. There is a country in this world that the women don’t have as much freedom as we do. That place is India. For centuries women in India have been struggling for freedom and the right to be treated fairly. During the time of Medieval India this was a ‘dark age’ for them. Muslims came and invaded the country and brought their own way of life. How they treat women was very different from what they were used to. They treat women as property of their father, brother, or husband and because of that they had no will power of their own. The Muslims believe in polygamy and took any women on the street they wanted and called them theirs. In order to protect the women they started to keep the women covered up with veils. Because of this veil the women had to wear, people started to see the women as useless and burden because they had to be protected. This was the start of how women were and are treated. (Mapsofind.com, 1999) There are several things that are really making it hard for women to do anything because of how horrible they are being treated. It can be show in their health, their education, and just all around treatment from the men. The women are human beings and need to be treated the right way. What happened back then needs to get fixed, because those women can make a big difference if they are to have the same treatment, then the economy might just be better. (Sanaa Unus, 2000)
I. Health of the Women
Men are the most important in India, which gives the more benefits and puts the women’s wants and needs behind the men 's. So if boys were to become sick they would be taken to the doctors and receive treatment.
Copper Hills High School
The Struggling Women in India Introduction All over the world women have a numerous amount of freedom. We have worked 1
for it hard and have succeeded. There is a country in this world that the women don’t have as much freedom as we do. That place is India. For centuries women in India have been struggling for freedom and the right to be treated fairly. During the time of Medieval India this was a ‘dark age’ for them. Muslims came and invaded the country and brought their own way of life. How they treat women was very different from what they were used to. They treat women as property of their father, brother, or husband and because of that they had no will power of their own. The Muslims believe in polygamy and took any women on the street they wanted and called them theirs. In order to protect the women they started to keep the women covered up with veils. Because of this veil the women had to wear, people started to see the women as useless and burden because they had to be protected. This was the start of how women were and are treated. (Mapsofind.com, 1999) There are several things that are really making it hard for women to do anything because of how horrible they are being treated. It can be show in their health, their education, and just all around treatment from the men. The women are human beings and need to be treated the right way. What happened back then needs to get fixed, because those women can make a big difference if they are to have the same treatment, then the economy might just be better. (Sanaa Unus, 2000)
I. Health of the Women
Men are the most important in India, which gives the more benefits and puts the women’s wants and needs behind the men 's. So if boys were to become sick they would be taken to the doctors and receive treatment.
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