Gender Equality : Women And Women

There are hundreds and thousands of athletes all around the world but the main problem in the athlete world is gender inequality, women are not shown equal as men. They are discriminated in many ways such as pay, employment opportunities, value of women 's sport, media coverage etc. Despite the federal law passed called Title IX that “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination." there is still gender inequality women are considered less than men. No matter what happens people will always have inequality against men and women because of the environment they live in and how they were raised. Women are

Living in peace needs equality of men and women because humans don’t fight if all humans have equality. Everyone has a chance to get peace and happiness, but some people cannot because of custom. For example, in the past, women had to work for men, and there was a gender discrimination. From 19th to early 20th century, women fought against women’s issues such as education, economic, violence, and abortion because women’s position is very low and weak, so they couldn’t have decision rights. However, the society became better as the years went by. The comparison between past and present history shows the current situation of gender issues in the workplace and in education, and results shows how gender equality is important for peace.

Women form an important part of each society, however their role and importance to its function are often times overlooked. Society is/was organized and directed by men. All of the most important positions and purposes within it`s routine were filled by males. This societal organization is often times reflected in many pieces of literature of various time periods, however there are texts in which contrary to the patriarchal society models, women are given substantial importance within the plot. Homer`s The Odyssey, Heart of Darnkness by Joseph Conrad and Aeschylus`s Oresteia each demonstrate or conceal female importance in a given society.

Throughout the literary works of Lysistrata, The Nun’s Priest Tale, and Tartuffe, there are consistent themes of gender role reversals, through which the women have no power yet see situations and people for what they truly are, while the men have power yet are blinded to reality. This situation, then, would create a broken society that would be unable to function properly. Therefore, through the use of numerous figures of speech, these satirical authors indicate that at some point women had to have possessed some form of power in society, and the normative gender construction is not as airtight in the ancient and medieval cultures as some would believe.

In fact, in a crucial commentary Margaret Wilkerson notes that “the timelessness of the play has not diminished” (Wilkerson 442) due to the way in which it addresses certain key issues of humanity. In this play, the young woman, Beneatha, is relentless in her efforts to attend medical school and become a successful doctor. Not only is she crossing preconceived gender boundaries by desiring a respectable occupation, but Beneatha is also rising above expectations of her race by her insistence on acquiring a higher education even during a time of unequal rights. With special regards to the expected compliance and obedience from the women in these plays, gender roles are less predictable since the plays involve characters that rise above social gender boundaries. This is achieved by acting out of the ordinary and ultimately revealing the truth that there are always those who are ahead of their time and that exceptions exist even within the frame of gender roles.

From nearly the beginning of time, it is known through history that women didn’t play a major role in society. This plays true even in the realm of literature. The earliest known story known to be written down, “The Epic of Gilgamesh,” shows that even in the early 2000’s BCE that women might have played a different role than that is depicted by actual history books. There is another emergence in women in literature that happens around 500 BCE that shows the women were more prevalent in society’s time. In the drama “Medea” it is shown how women play a major role in the Greek culture. The last major example about a woman’s role in society is the role they play in “A thousand and One Nights.” It is seen here how the role of the woman has a direct

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.

In many plays in Literature women can be portrayed as weak or unimportant. Readers get the opinion that women are to be seen not heard by the men that surround them. Many works of literature help readers explore important social issues of the time. Woman Right’s is something that was a major issue in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Many works of literature express this time and the struggles women had to go through to be treated fairly. Women were often treated as property in these times, rather than being treated as an equal to her husband. This works of literature help readers understand the things of the time period. The author uses characters to depict a story that shows the reader exactly what times were like

“Who run the world? Girls,” is an iconic lyric from Beyonce 's “Run the World,” and may give the impression that women have been dominating the world, just like men. What a listener will not hear in “Run the World” is how long it took and how much effort it took just to give women the slight feeling of equality that they have today. The rights women have now would not be in place without the feminist movement, starting in the 1960s. In the 60s, women began to take action, believing that the phrase, “all men are created equal”(United States Declaration of Independence), includes all people, not just males. By analyzing recent acts for women 's rights and equality, one can see that modern feminism is representative of the feminist culture in

Throughout history women have fought to be treated equivalent to men. In today’s society, although there are still improvements to be made, it is easy to see that the female population has made a significant step towards equality and independence. Looking back about one hundred years ago, gender roles were still very specific and consisted of the man working and supporting the family, and the woman taking care of the home and the family. Women had very little voice in that time and were often treated with little respect due to the cultural norm that men were superior. Two historically influential plays that were written during the birth of feminism

Although women’s rights and equality is progressing in the United States, there are progressing countries trying to achieve their overall gender index rank, which measures the human development of a country. From 2006 to 2014, Egypt 's inequality gender gap index rank has increased significantly from 109 to 129 out of 173 countries of the world (Bekhouche, Hausmann, Tyson, Zahidi). During Ancient Egypt, women and men had the same rights to resources such as personal health, work, and education. But today, Egyptian women are suffering from sexual assault and sexual harassment everyday.

Women in the world still face discrimination and gender equality takes action to achieve women’s rights. AAUW provides and gives women the chance to have an education, while Catalyst reaches out to women to carry out equal pay, equal participation in the workplace, and remove discrimination. UN Women attains to human rights for women. Throughout history women have fought for gender equality in the workplace and in education, and every year organizations like AAUW, Catalyst, and UN Women have gotten closer to balancing equality.

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.

Even if we were to look outside of the workforce spectrum, women are treated unequally on the basis of property. Even though women have equal right to own and receive land, it is not a practiced in the culture of India. When looking at the society as a whole only men are ever seen and given the rights of land so they can carry on their family name. Majority of the inequality does not have to do with laws or policies but what has been engraved into the society. Till now many of the people in India are still raised with that same mentality that men have a higher authority than women do. For this reason alone the Indian society is to blame for the inequality that occurs to women. However like Mirchandani points out an author by the name of Carla Freeman whom shares her notes “...that women’s jobs are both a source of pride and pleasure, and simultaneously a source of stress and dissatisfaction.” Also ends up pointing out “working women reassess and remake their identities and communities in important ways for social life.” Even though sometimes these identities are not linked with good outcomes but getting past that they lean towards making the status of the family very positive.

Throughout history, gender differences and gender equality have been issues that have faced many social, and unjustifiable conflicts. Women most importantly pay the consequences for wanting equality and justice. Since the beginning of time, women were perceived to be the submissive role in a household, and in the workplace. Fighting for their equal rights women and men are unified to get the same results, to be treated the way they deserve, and to be able to think freely about what they stand for. One question still remains, and that is to what end have man and women fought for gender inequality?