Women who should have equal status with men, have been degraded and disregarded in numerous ways in the Middle East. ... The identity of women is slowly getting eroded with onslaught of regulations in the Middle Eastern. ... Men in the Middle East though respect women, simultaneously degrade them by looking down upon them as second class citizens thus making them a victim to men's restrictions. ... In the Middle East, there are periodic fatwas (diktats) which are issued by the Islamic clergy. ... In the extremely conservative Middle East, domestic violence is widely prevalent. ...

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The middle class 3. ... Stevenson conceived society as divided into three basic social classes - the upper, middle and working classes. 1. ... The Middle Class The middle class is the "sandwich" class. ... The richer people are from a middle class culture, and the poorer people are from a working class culture. ... Such accents can disadvantage the speaker in a middle class world of work as the speakers may not be seen as employable people. ...

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• Grade Level: High School