Where the male can ask for divorce but the female has to get her husband's consent before asking for separation, child custody, inheritance laws and laws on obedience, which ultimately lead to power concentration towards man. Due to gender inequality in Middle Eastern countries, the female workforce is 30% smaller than the female workforce in other countries due to the restriction on working outside the home after marriage. (Hassani-Nezhad and Sjögren, 2014, p.