Book club post #1

The book my group is reading is Princess:Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia. After reading the first few chapter in this book, I instantly noticed the differences in cultures.  The U.S. culture is extremely different than the Saudi Arabian culture, mainly with the roles of men and women. In Saudi Arabia women are devalued and are only acknowledged by what they can offer to a man. Men are looked at in honor. Woman are forced to wear veils to hide their faces, everything is covered besides their eyes. Women are also forced to marry at young ages and bear children, males being looked at as a treasure while there is not much reaction when a female is born.  When females are born, there is no documentation of their birth, and when they died, there is no record. So as the writer says,  " Do I really exist."