Sharifa then explain to Firdaus that man does not know women value, Sharifa told firdaus that, she can earn a lot of money by keeping her a price for her own body.After meeting Shafira Firdaus ideas of power begin to change. Sharifa is a rich, independent woman. And unlike Firdaus and others women at that time , which allows men free use of their body, as married women do, Sharifa uses the power of the sexual desires that men have for her to her advantage. Shafira then took Firdaus to her place, and teaches her how to command the power of her physical appearance. Still, Firdaus does not know what it means to have power of her own and over man, because since she was young she is always controlled by man . She learns that women can have power, too. But later Firdaus then realize that she cannot fully wield her own power while she is living under Sharifa’s control, so she decide to leave Sharifa.…show more content… Police who is supposed to protect its citizens especially women, assaulted her and what he had promised to pay, didn’t pay and made her go. Once again it shows us how men could overpowered woman. When she continues walking in the street another man came, dragged her to the car and took her to his house. She was feeling so tired and helpless that she could not even resist to his sexual activity. However, when he was done with her, as Firdaus leaves, he called her and gave her 10 pounds. Firdaus was speechless as it was her first time to receive money.With the money she gets, she decide to eat at a restaurant.She experiences for the first time that nobody is staring at her while she was eating and she could eat peacefully. Then she realised that this money which is just a piece of paper can make much
