Gender Equality In Society

Throughout history, gender equality has been a recurring issue. In different cultures across the world there has been an imbalance between the roles of men and women in society. Women, in particular, have had a difficult time being treated with the same respect and privileges as men. In society today gender equality as become less of an issue because women have fought hard to be where they are today. Starting from early civilization, men have held the power within government and society, while women have been seen as housewives. This can be seen through many literary works, which tells a lot about the time in which the work was written. Many authors represent the time period they live in through the ideas in their works. In “Assemblywomen”, Aristophanes shows that in that time period, the role women played in society was that of the housewife. They were thought of as the person who should be taking care of housework and the men were the ones who were in charge of the government. In “Vagabond” the author, Colette, shows the struggles that women faced trying to live on their own in a society where the men have been the ultimate breadwinners. Through Plato’s “Republic”, he shows a different viewpoint on the role that women should play in society.

Women of all race, age, ethics, and careers will always be in need of protection from Title IX. Hopefully we won't need a law for equality in the future. I really think women are coming up so much in the world though. Women are making differences everyday. New life opportunities are possible thanks to Title IX. Try and take a moment to imagine being a women before Title IX was thought of! We would still be considered just people to cook, clean and care for kids. Nothing more than that. Nothing more than just a person under Men's control. We can not be controlled by Men anymore. We Women can accomplish so much more than that, given the privileges from Title IX.

Women have had an ongoing struggle to be equal and have rights, opportunities despite the centuries of gender inequality. We believe that all people are created equally in the eyes of God and have privileges, self-respect, and the potential to succeed in life. In the world we live in today, however, we constantly face many kinds of neglect based on our different traits. All over the world, there are others with who may be prejudice of particular race or gender. What exactly is discrimination? It can be defined as the act, practice, or an instance of discriminating individuals, usually based on their nationality, the color of their skin, sex, marital status, age, or other defining attributes. The inequality of women rights remains an issue

Throughout the past few decades, the gender inequality discourse have became a dominant feature of international, national and local policy debate on the subject of economic development. This policy concern has emerged as an area of scholarly research which seeks to show that improving gender equity leads to economic growth.

Our American Society has a pattern of gender stratification. There is an unequal distribution of wealth, power, and privilege between men and women. Gender has been a means of categorization for constructing a hierarchy throughout American history. Gender affects the opportunities and constraints we face throughout our lives. An important pattern of inequality that exists on the basis of gender is profession.

Gender inequality is the preference or favoritism against an individual completely or even halfway because of their gender. This belief system begins from the socially built traditions as to who belongs where in the family and workforce since the old days. Now as possible as it is that people of all genders are vulnerable to it, in the present society, it is evident that a man is preferred over a woman to take lead or handle the situation with poise, strength, and vigor. It can be seen almost every situation where men are treated as the main or head within a group of people and women are slighted over almost unwittingly. This unequal treatment can be seen in different social conditions and places like learning establishments, colleges, holy places, workspaces, recreations, and occasions to give some examples.

For centuries issue of gender equality continues to be predominant in today’s society due to the prolonged gap between male and female opportunities. I personally believe gender is major equality right that all human being is entitled to despite their background such as ethnicity, race, religion, and sexuality. In all cases, women and men are equal because they both play an important role in society. Many people believe that feminism is the belief that women should share the same equal amount of rights as men. Stereotypically, women play a domestic role in a relationship. On the other hand, men are out in the working world making money. However, gender roles in society are constantly changing. Change constantly occurs because women no longer want to be dependent on men for their basic needs. Also, the biggest influence against women equal rights is the media. The media portrays females as dependent and uneducated. Despite it all, as time goes by females are more acknowledge.

Long time ago, parents tended to invest on their sons rather than their daughters. In the past, most of boys went to school, and girls stayed home. At that moment, the women were not treated equally because they did not go outside to work. The women only stayed home to take care of children and do housework, so they depended on their husband financially. Nowadays people have still treated one another differently based on group identity, especially when it comes to gender appearances. Gender inequality has been happening around the world, it still occurs at some careers, workplaces, and at home. Culture has a great impact on gender inequality in some developing countries. For instance, Vietnamese people like to have more sons rather than daughters because they believe in “raising a daughter is like watering your neighbors’ garden,” and raising a daughter as “ploughing someone else’s field” (Jayachandran, 2014, p. 11). In Vietnam, parents usually invest more on their sons rather than daughters because the sons play a significant role in religious rituals. Jayachandran (2014) reported that “sons will carry on the family name or widows wanting to retain family land also make the first son especially valuable” (p.14). Therefore, the sons are valued in my family. I still remember when I was a child, I saw my mother tried to be pregnant several times to have baby boys. However, she had only one boys, and four girls accidently. When I was a little, I noticed the gender was

Currently, 63 percent of female college students identify as feminist (Zimmerman). Despite the growing popularity of this term, society is oblivious to what feminism truly is. Many people have a negative connotation of feminists, and would never consider themselves to be one because they don’t know that feminism is the belief that men and women should have equal rights.  Additionally, society has become brainwashed to the sexism both men and women face on a day to day basis. Therefore, feminist beliefs should be integrated into each man and woman’s life because gender inequality negatively affects all members of society.

Throughout the article, the author takes no time in showing their emphasis on what their main argument is. The author uses their article to speak about the 2012 U.S. presidential campaign, and one of the main focuses that both sides used often throughout their campaigns. The two candidates clearly had their differences, but it was evident that they both agreed on one thing, their support of equal opportunity in our great country. Whether you are white, black, pink, purple, etc. everyone is to have the same equality when it comes to opportunity.

Question #3 – I would tell my friend…yes, we are all equal. However, history hasn’t always showed men and women being equally treated. Even though society has made a lot of progress, we are still living in a patriarchy, a system that privileges men over women. Furthermore, some would even say we still live in an androcentric society, a culture that places masculinity at the center. Even worse, our country is full of sexism. Compared to the 1950’s, you might believe men and women are treated pretty equally in society. Notwithstanding, there still is a lot of gender injustices in our current society, especially in America, and there is proof to back it up. For the following reason, this is why studying gender is still extremely relevant.

Gender equality is a subject that has seen much debate and interest in the turn of the century. Many women suffrage have fought for sameness treatment but it seems like they are yet able to achieve that. There are a lot of questions that comes in mind when equality is display and this scrapbook seems to question ways women were greeted years ago.. This scrapbook was produce at the time where women were advocating for women suffrage but it looks like they haven’t won it yet. Since one of the feather has the caption “all we want is the ballot”, this means women are seeking the chance to be part of politic. When it comes to Who the author is, it is most likely that is a female because the author uses “we”, which point out that she is speaking about herself and other women. although the scrapbook is portrait in a humour form, the hat represent the voice of women and raises questions that need answers.

For ages it was believed that the different characteristics, roles and status accorded to women and men in society are determined by sex, that they are natural and therefore not changeable.

Equality is a major topic of discussion amongst academics and the wider population as a whole. Different groups have been fighting for equal rights in many different ways in many different organisations, with varying success for the last century and beyond. In a business/managerial sense, there is much debate about the gaps between certain social groups regarding the roles in which they occupy within an organisation, with a considerable amount of literature focussing on the space between men and women, namely the gender pay gap and ‘the glass ceiling’.

Gender has and continues to be a contentious issue within the legal profession. Despite Anti-Discrimination legislation and diversification of the supply side, women still account for only one-fifth of Partner positions. So whilst the glass ceiling may have been shattered to an extent, the “pipeline to power remains elusive for most women”. Engagement with gender can assist in explaining this paradox. When coupled with consideration of other social classifications such as race and class, a clearer picture emerges of a legal profession in need of reform. This essay will primarily focus on commercial solicitors as gender inequality is most evident in this area. I sat down with corporate city lawyer, Amy Fenny, to help reframe the existing dialogue on gender equality by assessing gender bias and its impact on those who seek and attain positions of power within the legal profession.