Women Success

Women success


It is sad to watch the Middle Eastern men being threatened by his wife, sister or even business partner success, to see to what extremes he goes to put her down, to stop her success and to demise her. This behavior is the result of the male upbringing and the society expectation of him being the sole and main provider for the family.

When a woman becomes successful in her career, it might reflect badly on her male partner, form one point of view it might put him in an inferior position as the sole provider, or it reflects his fear of not being the sole controller of family matters, whether social or financial.

The female success threaten male ego, position and image in the society especially if they were both working in the same field or if the female job was superior to her partner, in this case the Middle Eastern Male uses all his power to put her down and push her in the shadow. A female success is only tolerated where it does not reflect badly on her partner or it does not minimize his career and if it is related to few field of work.

A woman success reflects her abilities, her intelligence, her power and her independence. Which in turn reflect that she is no longer inferior to the male, whether that male is a partner or a colleague. This causes a threat to the male ego and status. When threatened the male uses all his destructive weapons and means to relocate the female to its proper place according to his beliefs.

In a recent BBC Documentary about Syrian School, one male stated:
Why should we care about her education, whether she becomes a doctor or a lawyer she will end up in the working in the kitchen!!!

This reflects the masses attitude towards women’s success. The lack of respect of women achievements and the low expectancy out of the women population, even though in many cases women surpasses their male partners in knowledge, achievements and social behavior.