how can we respect each other?(Satomi Minegishi)

After reading this article-“Choosing Clothes, but Not Husband,” I was surprised how ridiculous these ideas are. This article shows the audience the discrimination of culture and gender. This male chauvinism in this essay gives me uncomfortable feelings. Half of Afghanistan women cannot go to high schools and acquire same education as men can. The reason is because women are thought to be second to men in the society. I wonder why women are not treated fairly and why women suffer from others because of their gender. As the audience can see, there is a saying of gender discrimination -“The food your husband feeds you does not come for free.” Oh, such a ridiculous idea.
On February 13, I read an article in New York Times, “Starting at Home, Iran’s Women Fight for Right.” It picked up an example of male chauvinism in the world. According to this article, Razieh Qassemi, a victim of gender discrimination, was beaten repeatedly by her husband and his father for divorce in hope. Her husband is addicted to methamphetamine and has threatened to marry another woman to “torture” her. This case is not uncommon in Iran. However, rather than endure the abuse, Ms. Qassemi took a step that might never have occurred to an earlier generation of Iranian women: she filed for divorce. (“Starting at Home, Iran’s Women Fight for Right”, New York Times February 13)
I was impressed with the news, even though women from lower classes and religious are among those moving up and down the stairs to fight for divorces and custody of their children. Recently Iran’s women determine to gain more control over their lives with increasing educational levels and the information revolution. Although, I am not fanatical about feminism or gender discrimination, I strongly believe that men and women must be treated fairly. In other words, people have to respect each other regardless their genders all over the world.