The Changing World of
             Women
            
             As a daughter living in a strict environment and living in a traditional
             ways, things get a little rough. My father is center of the household, so basically
             everything he says goes. In the western world it's usually the other way around,
             it's usually both the parents that have a say in things. In my society(Muslim
             society) my mother has a say in nothing unless my father asks. My mother is an
             excellent mother but she mustn't say anything or it would be considered not being
             a good wife. As I get older I am always dreading the day I am asked to be
             married. I know times have changed but I have a major dilemma. Am I going to
             marry or continue my education? The problem is I like working with medicine and
             I want to further my education by going to college. But that requires a minimum
             of six years university attendance and if I want more degrees that another five
             years. Most of my medical friends that are females married and had children while
             they were studying in college. I don't want that to be me. I want to actually
             finish something I start. My father isn't exactly helping me with the situation.
             He hates the fact that I want to work. In his case, women are not supposed to
             work unnecessarily if their husbands can provide for them(or their fathers can
             provide for them if their not married), but in a place like Saudi Arabia where men
             and women don't mix at work, working just enhances the mind and makes one
             wiser to the ways of the world. In my mothers opinion, women become better
             companions to their husbands who should be more understanding and supportive.
             I feel that instead of being selfish, we can work out ways that help us be good
             mothers, wives and also continue with our needs of life. If education is one such
             need, then there are ways to acquire it without causing disturbance. I think my
             father needs to catch up with the rest of the...