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/^t/Along with more responsibilities and duties which were added to the already existing ones, the privileges of women have decreased. Hardly ever can one come across the former customs of kissing a woman's hand, or allowing her to pass through the door first, especially abroad. Together with those symbols, the respect for females seems to have disappeared also. Women staying in permanent relationships are very frequently beaten, shouted at during quarrels, sexually abused and psychologically tormented by their husbands. Additionally, men are nowadays more likely to demand a divorce and abandon their families without having any qualms of conscience. Truly enough, this humiliation of women is indirectly due to feminists, who wanted to gain equality of sexes at any cost. After all, when a woman was dependent upon her husband financially in the past, a man felt responsible for her as well as their children. Now, he doesn't have to worry about the future lot of his wife who, having become independent and self-reliant, is able to earn for a living herself.