Women's Rights In The Kite Runner

American women's lives are nothing compared to the lives of women in Afghanistan. The Taliban has limited the rights of women in the societies where they have taken over, including Afghanistan. The women are not respected nor treated equally because of the Taliban laws. The Taliban restrictions and mistreatments of women include: whipping, beating, outlawing education for women, sexually assaulting women and verbal abuse of women. In Khaled Hosseini's novel, The Kite Runner, the rights of women are affected by men having the cultural dominance over women, society rules, and lifestyle.
Men having the cultural dominance over women is a way that the author demonstrates the limited rights of women in Afghan society. According to Sharia law, a female’s testimony is worth ½ that of a man. This shows that women are automatically known as lesser individuals. In the novel, A Russian soldier wants to take advantage of the woman on the bus (Hosseini 114). This contributes to men having the ultimate power because he knows he has control and can do whatever he wants with her and she has no say so. A
The lifestyle of women is challenging in Afghanistan. Women die in pregnancy and childbirth, and they have no formal education. Afghan girls are engaged or married by age twelve. Some girls are bartered into marriage to repay debt or resolve a dispute. There are approximately three times more boys attending school than girls. If you are not a married woman, you remain irrelevant. Women are constantly being raped and sold into prostitution, and it is not considered a crime. Women are required to wear burqas (black head-to-toe-veils) because they are not allowed to be seen outside the family. In The Kite Runner, a woman was the target for getting stones thrown at her for disobeying the rules. Women have to deal with things like that everyday of their