Gender Inequality

In a critical analysis, India has been subjected and thrown into the fire as many continue to thrive this uphill battle of inequality and gender relation issues. Although inequality is a largely debatable issue, especially when convoluted

There has been much publicity about the lives of women in India and how they are regarded. I would like to explore this topic in order to clarify and organize the abundance of information that has been in the media and in publications. I will focus this this topic comparing two countries, India and the US. Both are democratic countries and both have some forms of inequality. I will start by giving background information about both of the country’s political and cultural systems when relevant and the inequalities. This will produce the answer to which of the two states has made more improvements in the area, my dependent variable. Then I will go on to the bulk of the research in explaining the causes of the improvements or lack thereof which will be which will be the independent variables.

Gender inequality has been a crucial issue throughout the years all around the world for the past few decades. Women are mistreated and often oppressed by patriarchal societies. Women’s rights are often dismissed and it is believed that women are not capable of being independent which has highly affects women population.

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The United States is constantly facing inequality issues in gender, race, education and social class. Overall, inequality has increased substantially, with the overall level approaching the Great Depression. (Inequality). Any person with less than a college degree has a significant lower median wage than someone that has a college degree. Additionally, a female does not have as high of a wage as a male worker has. Unfortunately, in society today, these inequality problems have grown worse and worse because the use of technology. Technology is becoming more involved in a person’s life everyday. Current increased use of technology has led to more inequality among society.

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.

Gender inequality has been a major problem in the United States for many years. Even though laws have been passed and women have fought for the rights they own today, it has still been a big issue. Gender inequality is everywhere. For example, we see this in presidential elections, businesses, schools, and even in sports. Over the years women have been able to create changes and more women have been able to become dentist, lawyers, physicians, and many more. Women are capable of being able to do things that men can do. Obviously, women won’t be able to do it exactly like men, but they can still do it to a certain extent. Today, we still see it happen in many situations even if something we don’t realize it is happening.

Gender discrimination become one of serious disease in our society, and it is still increasing around the world. We easily see inequality in gender in our everyday lives such as at home, workplace, and school. However, we can’t solve this problem because in our natural law the men go out side to work, and the women stay home take care of their children. Therefore, in some developing countries, most of families invest on the male rather than the female. For instance, the male has more opportunities to go to school, the female must stay home to take care of families. Families invest more on their sons because “households without sons are more likely to participate in the pension program” (Jayachandran, 2014, p. 12). Some Asian families are more likely to have more son because they think that “raising a daughter is like watering your neighbors’ garden,” and raising a daughter as “ploughing someone else’s field” (Jayachandran, 2014, p. 11). Therefore, the female is still treated badly in some countries. In 1991, Crow Dog and Erdoes reported, “Her sister in law, Delphine, a good woman who had lived a hard life, was also found dead in the snow, the tear frozen on her face. A drunken man had beaten her, breaking one of her arms and legs, leaving her helpless in a blizzard to die” (p. 4). Indian women are not respect from people in their community such as Crow Dog’s sister was forced to sterilize even she did not want it. In addition, Crow Dog was hit many times because she held a

Gender inequality is a worldwide issue that has been affecting both men and women for ages. The separation of men and women has played a big role in the development of the genders which in turn, brought about a major setback for women because it created men superiority thus putting women at the lower spectrum of society. This issue has affected the way women are being paid, how much political power and voice they own and has placed restrictions upon their actions. Gender inequality is a socially constructed principle that has deprive women from having the same opportunities and rights as men. The only way this could be stopped is if the world changes the way both men and women are taught in order to change current views, but instead society chooses to continue to shrink women’s ambitions because it would be considered ‘a threat to men’, without understanding that is not only affecting the women of today, but also the women of tomorrow.

Men and women inequality has been a controversial issue in today’s society due to affecting women’s well-being. Discrimination in workplaces, financial issues, lack of rights, limited access to education and partial opportunities in building a career are all results of gender inequality. The cause of this social issue began early in history when women did not have the right to vote. In previous times, women stayed at home and cleaned, cooked, and took care of children while the men worked. Progressively over time things have gotten better. Although there are still numerous circumstances where the social issue still impacts women today.

The mass media has been stereotyping genders and misleading the minds of children for ages. Children's books present a plethora of ideologies, beliefs, and values from the dominant culture, including gender ideologies. The social constructs that society has invented is being taught to children as they mindlessly watch a television show or read a book, not knowing the propaganda of what they are consuming. The gender inequality in children’s television shows and books teach the minds of young adolescent’s, societies impression of family gender roles, relationships and the different levels of importance with physical looks in men versus women. These reasons help highlight how children’s media is promoting gender inequality and distorting the minds of young children.

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

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.

It is undeniable that gender inequalities issues have become a centerpiece within global politics. Despite efforts in the last decade by feminist activists and politicians to reach gender equality in politics, women are still underrepresented within governments worldwide. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said it best when he was questioned as to why he considered gender parity within his Cabinet to be a necessity : ‘Because it’s 2015’ (Warzecha). The aim of this essay will be to defend Prime Minister Trudeau’s decision to implement gender parity as it purports to decrease gender inequalities and because gender parity in itself fulfills the basic values of a democratic state. In order to determine the possible implications of this new policy, it is necessary to determine whether institutions ought mirror society in their political representation. The case of the Rwandan government will be reviewed in order to determine the outcome and implications of a female-majority government so as to determine the benefits of gender parity. Finally I will evaluate the possible flaws behind the establishment of gender parity and how despite those flaws, the Canadian government and governments worldwide ought to establish gender parity as a duty to democracy and future generations.

Inequality is the lack of equality to certain people based on numerous things (Sternheimer 136). In this paper, I intend to discuss inequality and how it affects gender, race, disabilities, and social classes. Many people in the United States struggle with inequality on a daily basis, whether it be not being able to find a job due to skin color or socioeconomic status or not given the same opportunity as others due to a disability. A perfect example of inequality is portrayed in the medical drama “The Good Doctor” in the drama we see a surgeon with autism who struggles to get a residence as a surgeon in a hospital because of his mental disability. They label his disability as a liability and all except one of the hospital board members do not want to give him a job.