"Middle Eastern countries claim that women have equal rights to men, but they are obvious to the differences in their treatment (Rivera 6). What Rivera is pointing out is that in some Middle Eastern countries, women are not allowed to leave the house without proper clothing. Women are also not permitted to work in certain government jobs. Even though they claim that every woman has equal rights, these rights do fluctuate depending on the country the women are residing in. And even within the countries that are considered to be more lenient, women are subjected to oppression in a different way. As a whole, women have little to no control over their lives and a system of oppression is constantly being followed.
Women's statuses in the workforce fluctuates. In a few countries, women are allowed to work so that the men can study religious texts. In contrast, "It is looked down upon " in the other Middle Eastern countries, This is the trend that is acknowledged, where in one Muslim country a woman is allowed to work, but in others it is simply frowned upon. Even though every country somewhat alters how the government is ran, their religion is still the same. Rules that are created are usually based off of the religious texts. Even countries that have a government that is more liberal will still base laws off of the religious texts. So why would women be able to work in some countries but not others? Do not all Muslim men need to study religious text? .
The phenomenon remains how women are regarded just because of location. In Afghanistan, for example, women's rights have changed over the years. Women are now treated differently because of the strong influence that the Taliban have in Afghanistan. The Taliban have forced the Islamic fundamentalist government to live by a strict interpretation of the Koran. The Islamic fundamentalist government is an extreme form of Islam, where government is subjected to use the Koran as their form of making government decisions.