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A Woman's Identity         Women lose their identity as soon as they get married and begin a family. Every little girl dreams of getting married and raising a family, because this is what women are taught to seek at an early age. When a woman achieves this goal, she loses her identity due to the many roles that she is now forced to play. Once married, a woman is expected to be a mother, nurturer, housekeeper, …

…have to play, but it is essentially self-imposed. Although, this imprisonment wouldn't be self-imposed, if it weren't for society's pressure on women to fit into the traditional female mold. Due to these expectations that are placed on women, eventually a woman who is married and has children, will become only a empty and hollow image of a mother and wife, instead of a living and breathing person with feelings and a mind of her own.