Today, women in the United States are very fortunate to have been able to win equal rights, but in other countries men have a greater status than women. A great example of this is Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s society is well dominated by males. Males get to decide everything, especially when it comes to matters that concern their wife’s. Afghan women are highly discriminated against. Usually, when someone pictures a women in Afghanistan, they picture a women wrapped up in many layers of cloth and not being able to step out of their own home without being accompanied by a man. When we look at women’s rights today, we have to explore where these views stem from and the reason behind why women have not been able to gain equal rights. Also, when we compare women’s rights movements in the United States to the women’s rights movement in Afghanistan, we see what factors are in the way of them being able to achieve equal rights. Life has never been easy for women in Afghanistan. By the age of 12, Afghan girls are already married or engaged. About 60% of Afghan girls are already married by the age of 16, by force or by arranged marriage. Most girls marry older men, whom they meet for the first time at their wedding. There is also a higher risk of kidnapping and rape which prompts families to their young daughters into marriage. After a girl is married she is forced to stop her education and is expected to stay at home and work as slaves. A lot of times many girls have babies while they are still young, which increases health problems and the risk of death for themselves and their children. It is common for Afghan girls to be admitted into a hospital shortly after being married for severe physical abuse and psychological trauma. The Taliban made it so women were forced to wear burqas to cover their entire body and in some cases their eyes too. Today in Afghanistan, a few things are different but not dramatically. The marriage of children is more difficult than before. Afghanistan government changed the legal age of marriage for girls from 16 to 17. Men who marry girls under the age of 17 do not get to register their marriage and are not entitled to receive a certificate. Since 2002, the number of girls attending school increased