Despite all the modernism and evolution, humanity limits viewing women as mere bodies and for fulfilling man's needs. Despite all the science and huge technologies we have in the 21st century, women are still the same in men's eyes. All speeches about liberation, equality laws, conferences on women rights, the recommendations and slogans they promote and all the shouting seem to have failed in changing men's views. This is happening everywhere worldwide, where all men unite against women and consider them nothing more than a 'container'. According to norms, husbands should be older than wives, and it rarely happens that some wives are one or two years older. Many men get married to women much younger than themselves - sometimes 20 or more years younger.

Well, human communities with all men and women have been accepting this fact and see no harm in such a huge age difference.  However, when the opposite happens and a man gets married to a woman 20 years older than him, everybody will roar with criticism and condemnation. In less than a year, we have witnessed both cases that prove our argument. In the first case, we know US President Donald Trump's wife Melania is 24 years younger than him. A few days ago, we saw the new French president's wife Brigitte, who is 24 years older than him.

Nobody was shocked or exclaimed about Trump's wife, while the same world roared with exclamations because the French president's wife is 24 years older, although they both love each other and their relation is based on many common things. He liked her when she was his teacher because of her mind and personality. He never viewed her as a mere woman he could use to fulfill his needs. What an oppressive and retarded world this is! - Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Anbaa

By Saleh Al-Shayeji