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=2) Women and Pride/Shame=

In the past, because of the lack of knowledge and education, women were considered ashamed objects. They were treated unfairly by the society like working hard on the farm, in the factory, be slaves and had no certain rights of human like the right to vote, the right to do whatever they want without the control of men. However, men were respected more just because they are physically stronger than women while women were consider as weak, vulnerable, have no intelligent and useless. Men had the right to make decision in the family, everything the men did were all correct. They could get married to a lot of wives as far as they wanted. But once a woman intended to love another man that is not her husband, it could be a sin for her family, she would be insulted for her whole life and even be killed! In addition, giving birth as daughters was also a shame for the families and ancestors. No family in the past wants their children to be girls because they looked down on women. It seems like women had a lot of shame and had no position in the society in the past.

However, as the development of education system all over the world, the racism towards gender has been declined gradually and the situation even has been reversed. Women have lots of reasons to be proud of themselves nowadays. Over decades, women have been fighting for their rights and changed the perception as well as the prejudice of society. Women have proved that they are very strong, self-confident, bravery, smart, careful and decisive. There is nothing men can do but women cannot: they can take responsibility for the office work, running a business as well as taking care of the home and raising children. Modern women know exactly who they are and what they want, they no longer depend on men or let men control their lives. Besides, women still have more responsibility than men, especially in Asia countries, where the virtue and ethic of women have a certain standard and meaning in their lives. Overall, women should be proud of the great things they are doing. There is no more shame when being a women, it is the pride of all women.