Week 3 Post B

"If it's a girl, and it isn't, but, if it is a girl, then you can choose whatever name you want."(p.79)

It's interesting to note how much of a difference there is in our culture compared to others like the Middle East and Asia. One specific difference between Afghanistan and the United States is the difference between male dominance and favoritism. In the quote, the husband has his mind made up that his unborn child is going to be a boy. The father even goes as far as buying a boy's fur coat for his new child and picking out only male names. It seems that there is much more importance to the Afghanis to carry on their family name than the United States. Many U.S. citizens wish for a certain gender when having a child, but not to the extreme of creating a boy's bedroom and buying boy's toys before they know if it is going to be a girl or boy. While I may not fully understand why males have always been dominant in Afghanistan, I can say that the differences between there and the United States are remarkably different when it comes to male's roles and superiority.