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Gender inequality

When we talk about gender inequality, one thing comes to mind, that is the discrimination of people based on their gender. However, women are more often than not the gender that faces extreme discrimination when this topic is considered. Since the beginning of time stereotypes have had it that women are weak, less productive and “very emotional”. This has led to unjust treatment of women in the work environment. Women are rarely considered for employment in some situations where men are deemed superior, mainly because men don’t require responsibilities such as, maternity leave and “nonsensical” off days to attend to their children. This is not to say, however, that men are exempted from the unequal treatment that comes about when two genders are considered. In rare cases women are considered for opportunities mainly because they are women, for example in divorce cases where the custody of children is usually awarded to the mother. Even though the gender disparity problem has reduced greatly over the years, today we still face major challenges regarding this issue.

Since gender inequality is a problem that has been around for ages, it goes without say that it has been embedded in the society. In 1979 it was estimated that American   women in the labor force earned about 62 percent of men’s income, and this percentage grew steadily to 81 in 2010, which was a great stride even though the figure is still wanting, in the 1970s and 1980s onto 2000, 60 percent of women were employed but the figure dropped to around 47 percent in 2010. These statistics show that in the employment sector women still have a long way to go. Women with children are unable to work full time and most work environments don’t put this into consideration hence, less women are working full time and more of them working part time, contributing to the less income earned by women in comparison to men.

This problem can be curbed only by choosing a completely different approach. We should stop trying to solve the gender inequality in the employment sector by focusing on improving the woman, rather the man in the leadership position should be looked up to, he should ensure more women   are employed and friendlier terms of working are kept in place. Since women who have children are the most percentage of the working class, child care becomes an issue of great concern. If businesses would ensure women are able to access quality and affordable child care they would no longer have to send away women because of their children responsibilities. Still on the issue of childcare, what if both men and women shared this responsibility equally? What if not only women but also men left for parental leave? It would totally be different, this is why I’m advocating for men to be better parents and share parental responsibility with their wives, which aims to achieve gender equality. Also, what about sponsoring and nurturing female talent? Most influential positions of power are occupied by men, which I strongly believe could be used as an advantage rather than the disadvantage that it has been. Instead of pushing for more women to occupy the same positions what about encouraging the leaders to mentor other women in the same area of specialization? Big influential companies can also encourage more women participation   through competitions and rewards.

Domestic violence is an issue that arises under gender inequality, although it affects both genders women are by far the most affected globally. Cases of wife battering have been filed and continue to be reported frequently. A study carried out in 1996 revealed that 25 percent of women and only 7.5 percent of men had faced physical assault from their partner in their lifetime. Females remain the majority of spousal and dating abuse, pointing to gender disparity. Men are taking advantage of women being the “weaker sex” a problem that up to now has not been dealt with.

Rape is the name of that little monster that hides under the bed, that I know for sure. Women are still being subjected to sexual violence and a whopping 18 percent of women report experiencing either attempted or completed rape at one point in their lives while only 3 percent of men are able to say the same.   This high amount of mental, physical and sexual abuse on women compared to men shows that women are still perceived as weak. The same old stereotypes resurface. The plight of women in the society is a major concern. Women are considered unequal to men therefore warranting the man to try to control the woman according to his wish.

Gender inequality perception depends on many factors one of which is age. perceptions of gender inequality increase with age as younger people are less likely to pay attention to stereotypes   as they have extensive knowledge regarding the matter. This was a result of Neff, Cooper and Woodruff’s work on children and adolescents in 2007.

As with most social problems marital status and spouse employment also determines how individuals react to gender disparity. This is one of the major factors that affect perception of gender inequality. Married women with jobless spouses have a very low income compared to women with salary earning spouses. These women therefore are more likely to be conscious of gender disparity than married women with unemployed spouses.

Employment and/or wage earning status of individuals affects greatly how people respond to social problems, more so the gender inequality issue. It is seen that employed women are more interested in the gender inequality issues than their unemployed fellows who rely on an employed spouse. The unemployed woman is highly likely able to submit and accept the roles bestowed upon her by the society compared to the employed and independent woman.

Gender and socioeconomic status is also a major factor that influences the perception of gender inequality in the society. Women will obviously be more conscious of gender inequality than men and individuals with low paying jobs will be more conscious of gender disparity. This is according to the Robinson and Bell thesis in 1978 that individuals who are disadvantaged by either the distribution of resources, opportunities treatment and conditions will be more conscious of gender inequality.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Jacobs, Jerry. Gender inequality at work. : Publisher name, 1995. Print

Siltanen, Janet. Jarman, Jeniffer. Blackburn, Robert. Gender inequality in the labour market. 1995. Print

Coy, Maddy. Prostitution, Harm and Gender inequality. 2013. Print

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WCMS_159496/lang–en/index.htm Article Title: Gender Inequality and Women in the US Labor Force

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problems/chap-09.htm Article Title: Chapter 9: Gender Inequality

 

URL: http:// hdr.undp.org/en/content/gender-

inequality-index-gii Article Title: Gender Inequality Index (GII) | Human Development

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Research Proposal

  1. My general topic is U.S Drone Attacks in Pakistan

 

Although I realize I will need to revise and refine this question as I do my research, at this point, my specific working research question is: Should the U.S army continue using the unmanned air strikes in Pakistan?

 

II. Given this question, I think I will also need to research some related questions in order to comprehensively address my working research question. Some of those questions are (but not limited to): [Please list at least FIVE or more. See at the end of this proposal for samples.]

1. Is the U.S army using unmanned air strikes in the mean time?

2. Where are they using it?

3. What is the casualty number?

4. Is it internationally controversial topic?

5. What event has led up to this controversy?

 

III. Now that I have done some research, the controversy surrounding this question can be summarized as follows: The U.S army air strikes program is not accurate. It is created to kill terrorists putting American soldier lives into danger. However, it has killed many innocent civilinas.

 

 

After doing a little research, it seems that people who would give a “yes” answer to my question argue that the drone program saves American soldiers lives and helps to kill terrorists.

 

 

People that would say “no” would argue that even though its primary goal is to save American soldiers, it kills innocent civilians.

 

 

IV. The sources that I found in the library during our session that I think satisfy the requirements and help me answer my question are:

NY times

Living under the drones.org

 

 

 

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