naging domestic affairs and looking after children. All women emphasis that their home life in contrary to women in the U.S. remains the number one priority. The local women in the Arab-Muslim society are strong and mutually self-reliant. Female friends and family support each other and depend on each other for assistance in their work and domestic life. Female friendship involve very strong and intimate bonds. American women do not usually confide in such a way to their fellow female friends and manage to not involve outsiders. They derive most of their worth from their social status and how much they have achieve materialistically and domestically. Arab-Muslim women derive their worth from motherhood ( A women is judged b the number of children she bears)The power of an arab women is within her circle of friends and fellow females they support each other and help out when needed, the power of an American women is not judged in these areas but in how well she succeeds.The Arab women are very dedicated to being secluded from public life and their power is in supporting their family from behind the scenes. This isn’t how women in the US feel about power however our norms are different, the act of buying the same groceries as your husband did so he won’t be ashamed of not providing enough, or trading local gossip and vital information about prospective spouses may not be viewed as power however these are the charectrastics of a smart and respected women in the Muslim society.The obstacles that women in the U.S. feel they have to face are usually not many compared to those of the muslim women. Along with being a very dedicated mother, wife and friend most of these women have to work behind closed doors to provide better living. They have to hide the fact that they work so that their families will not be ashamed, this is very hard for women in the muslim society, inevitable women carry the double burden of two workloads.Many ame...
