Gender Inequality in Europe

Both the United States and European Union are very progressive and dominant economic and political bodies. Both the United States and European Union are leaders in global affairs, and set a standard for many countries to follow. Both the United States and European Union have strived to fight the gender pay gap. However, both the United States and European Union have yet to completely close their gender pay gap. The benefits gained by closing the gender pay gap boil down to the fact that such equality would create a more equal society. As well as equality between men and women, closing the gap would help reduce the risk of women going into poverty and an overall increase in women lifetime earnings. Creating an environment of equality between men and women would speak volumes in terms of economic growth, and overall well-being of both men women alike. Both the United States and European Union has made substantial efforts in closing the gender pay gap. Yet between the two, one has done a better job towards meeting such a desired and long-term goal and has gained some of the possible benefits acquired from closing the gender pay gap.

The United Kingdom is a country that claims to be intolerant towards gender discrimination and at ease with diversity of all kinds. It believes in the basic rights of its people as it supports equality and looks down upon prejudice. This paper focuses on the purpose of the Britain’s government Equality Bill policy now known as the Equality Act and examines the developments in the policy

     Biology too plays a major role in the differences between male and female. Genetically, there are differing chromosomes. XY for male and XX for female. These chromosome differences account for the physical differences that men and women have. In dealing with body composition, males are more likely to be taller and more muscular. Males also have testosterone, the male sex hormone. It is said that males with high levels are more confrontational and smile less. Women that have low levels of estrogen, the female sex hormone, are said to be more disagreeable and confrontational. Maybe because men have such a huge advantage over women by being physically larger, they are supposed to be more aggressive and women having less physical strength are supposed to be the nurturers.

Throughout history, women's roles in society have been different than those of men's. Women’s jobs were generally connected to their traditional roles of caring for the home, raising children, making clothes, and cooking food, while men were the breadwinners in the families. Women had been brought up to become mothers (as well as nurturers) while men were brought up to become entrepreneurs and businessmen. It was not until the 1950s that women began to protest and fight for equal rights. Since then, many have claimed that the disparities between women and men have drastically decreased, almost to the point that it is minimalistic. However, in today's society, although we would

The inequality which existed in Europe and Wales was as a result of the economic power and the rigid social class. Those who owns the means of production controls the economic power and determines what’s best for the state and by extension the country. The unequal distribution of wealth and power among the different social classes was evident in the way society was stratified. Therefore, if a person wants to achieve upward mobility they will have to migrate into a new region where mobility was attainable. The legacy of colonialism has help permeate the hierarchical order in society; as a result both psychological and psycho social effects of the traditional society can be mirrored in today world.

Historically, the concept of gender was a black and white theory. Male and female were the options, and you stayed the way you were born. If you were anything else, you were oppressed and pushed to the fringes of society. It has long been feared to be “out of the ordinary.” Recently, nonbinary and transgender people are challenging the idea of a black and white gender theory by pressing the idea that gender is a spectrum. The gender spectrum is often misunderstood. People who are transgender or nonbinary face complications every day, and these complications have long been unnoticed. Due to a recent shift in society’s views, gender is a popular topic discussed on many different media drawing attention to the issues faced daily. The article “Rethinking Gender” by Robin Marantz Henig is focused on the gender spectrum and the issue of transgender oppression. The video Moving Beyond the Binary of Sex and Gender posted by TEDxTalks clears up misconceptions about being transgender. The two pieces of evidence discuss similar topics in very different ways. Between these two sources, it is simple to understand the gender spectrum, however, “Rethinking Gender” is a stronger piece of evidence in support of the gender spectrum because it provides more personal accounts, statistics, and is more credible.

In The Gendered Society, the writer Michael Kimmel examine an wealth of pragmatic study and accepted outsets regarding gender disparities to disagree from a sociological standpoint that “Gender Divergence is the upshot of gender variation, not its origin”. The sociological characteristic of his debate is footed on the inspiration that “the communal establishments of our world like place of work, family, politics and school are also gender-oriented institutions. Kimmel further argues that these institutions convey a reason, logic, a self-motivated notion that replicates gender associations linking men and women moreover the gender classification of authority and hierarchy”. As Kimmel observes it, an assessment of gender ought to try hard to elucidate not only alleged variance linking women and men however male supremacy (Kimmel).

Gender inequality has always been a prevailing issue that affects countries all over the world. It is not limited to a specific country, or a region. Yet, in Middle Eastern countries, gender discrimination is often so deeply entrenched in the culture that it is seen as the norm.

Today most children in the United States attend classes where gender equality exists. Students have classes in which both boys and girls are treated equally and are friends with one another and that is all that they have ever known. However, this is not always the case in every country. As of 2015, 53% of the children who are not attending school throughout the world are female ("11 Facts About..."). Gender inequality is an important issue that needs to be focused on and fixed throughout the world, especially within the education systems. Although many people are aware of this issue, most people do not see it as a priority in the world right now. The gender gap in education systems throughout the world needs to be closed because gender equality is a necessity in the world and this is where it all starts.

As a sociologist, we learned that every perspective we have is rooted from outside influences, familial, educational and the interactions with others in-between. Ethics has been said to be based on the foundation of religion, whether we have one or not. Not only are some raised with a certain belief but our governing laws are rooted from them. This is something we share with all countries; sufficient cultural differences in personal and work-related aspects of society are affected by this. Globalization has shined a light on the diversity of different countries work ethics and beliefs for doing business.

Social status and structures have definitely shaped the construction and experience of gender inequality. Men and women are constantly analyzed, compared, and grouped together in society. The result of this yields discrepancies in how sexes are viewed by society. Throughout my examination and explanation of gender inequality, I concluded both men and women are victims to gender inequality.

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.

Gender inequality plays a critical role when it comes to social progress. As a woman,

The biological differences between male and female begin with the differences based on the chromosomes. A male has the chromosomes of XY and female and the girl is XX chromosomes. These differences in chromosomes set off a chain of directives that will affect how the physical makeup of the child will be carried out in terms of reproductive characteristics, hormone levels, and growth in the child.  It does not however, determine intelligence levels, temperament, agility, or personality traits. Even though the biological, physical differences are clearly different, there are

After doing research on gender inequalities around the world, I realized how bad a lot of countries are to women. Looking at the countries that have gender inequalities, I can see why they are not moving towards sustainability. In this essay, I will be providing detailed examples of how different countries treat their women and wives.