In the book Okonkwo uses being a woman as an insult when “[a] man who had contradicted him had no titles.” and he “called him a woman” (Achebe 34). Okonkwo uses being a woman as an insult and only heartens the fact that women weren’t considered equal to men. This leads to instances now, where “1.5 million women in the United States are assaulted by their intimate partners every year” (“The Facts About Domestic Violence”). So, as you can see the cause of domestic violence generally comes from unequal treatment of women and
In the book Okonkwo uses being a woman as an insult when “[a] man who had contradicted him had no titles.” and he “called him a woman” (Achebe 34). Okonkwo uses being a woman as an insult and only heartens the fact that women weren’t considered equal to men. This leads to instances now, where “1.5 million women in the United States are assaulted by their intimate partners every year” (“The Facts About Domestic Violence”). So, as you can see the cause of domestic violence generally comes from unequal treatment of women and