Essay On Gender Inequality
1.) Explain the ways in which gender inequality impacts your social issue.
My social issue that I am researching is gender roles. I am looking at how each gender is treated differently based on their biological design. Women are seen as caring, child bearers, emotional, and weak. Whereas on the other hand, according to society men are strong, aggressive, breadwinners, manly, and man of the house. Based upon these different stereotypes given to men and women there is a huge gender difference in abilities and work ethic. Men tend to make more money on average and work than women. Women also are less likely to be in leadership or promoted to boss like jobs. In Afghanistan woman are very much oppressed, very few have an education or work most …show more content…
Many don’t see that there is a gender difference in society some would even argue that women have their duties and men have their duties in society. Many don’t understand that men and women are the same and equal in abilities. Women should not be looked down upon for their albites because they are female. In Sweden there is a great promotion for gender equality, according to Sweden’s national website women are being the breadwinners of the family while husbands are taking on the stay at home father figure. I think it’s important that we educate others on gender inequality, in my opinion I believe there is not a great emphasis or talk about gender inequality unless you go onto college and study it. I also believe that if parental figures or role model portrayed and advocated gender inequality many people and kids will look up to them and follow them and their ideas. This can be beneficial because it can change the way society views gender. Another recommendation I have it to protest for equal gender rights. While there are some group and organizations out there like feminist promoting, society and the government need to take into consideration of their ideas instead we are still fixated on traditional gender
My social issue that I am researching is gender roles. I am looking at how each gender is treated differently based on their biological design. Women are seen as caring, child bearers, emotional, and weak. Whereas on the other hand, according to society men are strong, aggressive, breadwinners, manly, and man of the house. Based upon these different stereotypes given to men and women there is a huge gender difference in abilities and work ethic. Men tend to make more money on average and work than women. Women also are less likely to be in leadership or promoted to boss like jobs. In Afghanistan woman are very much oppressed, very few have an education or work most …show more content…
Many don’t see that there is a gender difference in society some would even argue that women have their duties and men have their duties in society. Many don’t understand that men and women are the same and equal in abilities. Women should not be looked down upon for their albites because they are female. In Sweden there is a great promotion for gender equality, according to Sweden’s national website women are being the breadwinners of the family while husbands are taking on the stay at home father figure. I think it’s important that we educate others on gender inequality, in my opinion I believe there is not a great emphasis or talk about gender inequality unless you go onto college and study it. I also believe that if parental figures or role model portrayed and advocated gender inequality many people and kids will look up to them and follow them and their ideas. This can be beneficial because it can change the way society views gender. Another recommendation I have it to protest for equal gender rights. While there are some group and organizations out there like feminist promoting, society and the government need to take into consideration of their ideas instead we are still fixated on traditional gender