Farnaz Asadi: Globalization

The world we live in has changed a lot since we were born. No matter how old we are, we have seen numerous changes in the world. This change is the effect of Globalization. It is a very good process that helps different countries, especially the third world countries to develop and learn good things from other developed countries. One of the countries that has benefited from globalization is Iran. Globalization has had at least two important advantages for Iran and for its people so far.
First advantage of globalization is on job opportunities. When Iran tried to globalize, a lot of new jobs appeared and these jobs helped people to find the job they wanted more easily. Also it has increased the amount of monthly salary. Another effect of globalization on jobs is on the increased number of people who go are sent to other countries for work. This is a good opportunity for people to work with higher salaries and excel in their jobs and also other opportunities for living, studying and using the benefits of that country.
The second advantage of globalization is on the culture. This is one of the most important effects that globalized countries have had on Iran. When we compare our today’s lives in Iran with twenty years ago, we see a big difference in people’s thoughts and behaviors. Nowadays, people have become more open-minded. To illustrate, in a family, members have the opportunity to approach and get closer to each other. In the past, it was so hard to talk about a subject that nobody in a family agreed on. When something was banned in a family, all members had to obey that rule and nobody could object. Thanks to the globalization, today, people are more flexible in their ideas, and they can talk about their ideas to each other even if other members of the family do not agree. Furthermore, now women have more freedom than before. They can vote, study and work just men, and nobody has the right to force them not to. Globalization has had other effects on our daily lives, too. To illustrate, we should compare our today’s lifestyle with our grandparents’. The way that people used to dress in the past was totally different from that of today. In the past, people would wear Iranian style clothes more, but today we try to wear clothes that are in vogue in other countries. Moreover, globalization has affected our food culture and what we would eat in the past. Nowadays, people are used to eating fast food more than ever before. There are many different restaurants that serve the cuisine of other countries. Such an Indian, Chinese, Italian, Greek and other favorite eateries that have appeared during the last two decades.
These effects were just some of the impacts of globalization that are changing people’s lives. Most of these effects are as beneficial as mentioned before and help people to live better and more easily. In my idea, no county must try to protect itself against becoming globalized if they do not want to be left behind. Because our world is thriving so fast that is hard for third world countries to reach them, they have to let this process happen and help them to improve, too.