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Gender Inequality In Italy

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Gender inequality is a huge issue in today’s world, especially in Italy, and has systematically been ingrained into different aspects of society. One of those aspects that is often overlooked is immigration; this is a problem that has been going on for generations. On Ellis Island Italian women had to have a man to depend on in order to migrate to the states or otherwise they were detained and deported. Now in Italy, women must be sexually available to men through trafficking in order to immigrate and are still forced into administrative detention without receiving aid because they are illegal migrants. Different circumstances seen through different historical lenses; but the root of the issue is the same. Gender discrimination in Italy Italian immigration has had an effect on the experience of female immigrants, both historically and in the refugee crisis today.
The root of gender discrimination in the immigration process stemmed from gender inequality in the Italian and American culture. In Italy women were seen in their traditional roles as mothers and wives. Women were confined in a strict female character that followed certain societal expectations. Females in the community did not work labor jobs, they were greeted in passing only if accompanied by a husband, and solely found entertainment only at church, talking with other women, or at home. In their home women did all the housework, cared for the children, and did not have a voice in matters of the family or estate.

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