If one part of the mechanism is degraded or non-functional, society will be dysfunctional and incomplete. Unfortunately, in the Middle East, various human rights such as property acquisition and voting status are deprived from women making them socially unequal.
Women have also been subject to discrimination at the workplace which is observed in the modern Middle East, especially in Saudi Arabia. In these countries, women are subjugated under Sharia law and subjected to strict work and social restriction. Women are barred from driving in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Labor Minister Dr. Ghazi Al-Qusaibi stated on July 28, 2006 that "the [Labor] Ministry is not acting to [promote] women's employment. [since] the best place for a woman to serve is in her [own] home."(Azuri) Strong legal conditions under Sharia law favour males in employment. Although the law is correct in determining the role of women with its by laying emphasis on maternal responsibilities, at the same time it also restricts their freedom and is thus immoral and unjust to woman. Despite having a 91 % literacy rate in Saudi Arabia, woman segregation in the country has resulted in lesser woman earning money and supporting their families. A recent article enumerates the ways in which Iran, a prominent Middle Eastern country, segregates women. "On September 3rd Khalil Helali, a national police chief, said the law should ban women from serving in cafes and restaurants because such jobs allow men to ogle them. (They could work in kitchens and non- public areas, he said.) And in Ishafan, the country's top tourist attraction, female musicians have been banned from performing."(The Economist).
 Women are seen as tools and are the victim of constant ridicule and dominance by their male counterparts in terms of judicial restrictions. In the Middle East, there are periodic fatwas (diktats) which are issued by the Islamic clergy.