Women all over the world have been fighting for their right to equality for many years. The United States is popularly known for being able to set out your goals to achieve the “American Dream”, whereas the Middle East today still sets various limitations for what women in their society can and cannot do. These two countries have different aspects of what it means to treat a woman. The differences can be shown in the way they run their lives, how they are portrayed, and what their rights are. The idea women need to remain proper and present an image of modesty to the outside world is ingrained deeply in both the United States and the Middle East. Women from both cultures of the United States and Middle East are expected to conform to society in certain ways such as the way they dress and behave. Middle Eastern women are typically more reserved and cover themselves by wearing garments that are used to cover either the head, neck, and body like the niqab, hijab, dupatta, and the chador. These coverings are more associated toward Muslim women because the Koran calls for both men and women to cover up and “be modest”. They also strongly believe it is their religious obligation to do so. The way they cover themselves can be associated with the hardships they go through. In the United States, you see both men and women revealing skin which is a sign of liberation of how much freedom we are given opposed to those in the East. Women are constantly sexualized by men in the United States because they associate themselves by wearing tight skirts, and skimpy tank tops. In today’s society, it is deemed appropriate for women to wear shorts and tank tops because they were first purposed as clothing to wear when it would get hot outside. Women are responsible for avoiding men’s gazes by covering up their bodies. Girls from a young age constantly receive messages about their responsibility to cover up their bodies because they might end up “distracting boys” by wearing revealing clothing. For example, at school, you see dress codes target the length of girl’s hem a