Gender Inequality

 

Introduction

            Gender inequality is the perception of people on grounds of gender. It acknowledges that women are unequal with men. It also acknowledges that gender affects the experiences that have been lived by an individual. The differences are usually as a result of distinctions in psychology biology and cultural norms. Some of the distinctions appear to be constructed socially while others are grounded empirically. The different experiences of gender include life expectancy, education, personality, political affiliations, careers, family life and interests. There are different aspects that show that there has been gender equality like women being given chances at work places. However, there are many aspects that portray gender inequality like women getting into early marriage and lack of economic independence. There are many cases of gender inequality in societies which lead the victims to miserable lives.

Child Marriage

            Worldwide, a high number of girls and women who live today had been married before they attained the age of eighteen. This is the most sensitive example as far as gender inequality is concerned. This issue of early marriages is the cause of the many cases of early school drop outs (Delprato, Akyeampong & Dunne, 2017). They later face social isolation and are usually at high risks of being victims of domestic violence.  This aspect has been hindering women from achieving the things they are capable of doing. On the other hand, regardless of women being treated like people who should stay at home only, they are the ones who take part in teaching the kids most of the things like how to feed on balanced diet (Éducation pour tous (Projet), & Unesco. (2014). The mother is usually the person close to the kid in most hours of the day hence responsible to teach them various activities. This shows the aspect of gender equality.

Economic Independence

            There has been continuity of women working at labor markets on basis that are unequal with men. In some years back, the rate of employment as compared to population had been higher than that of women. Women are also the majority of people who suffer cases of being unpaid for the work they have done.  It is still the women who are left to take care of the sick, elderly and children and less hours in activities that generate income (O'Brien & O'Brien, 2008). The fact that women spend most of the hours impacts negatively to participation of women in the field of work and their ability to be independent in terms of economy.  On the other hand, there are several communities that had been establishing gender equity aspect in employment. An example is Europe (Rubery, 2015). Several policies have been established to bring out the aspect of gender equality. There is the aspect of equality in employment whereby there is equality between men and women with respect to individual opportunities, achievements band treatments in places of work. This has been enabling individuals to utilize their talents. There has been the aspect of men who work in hotels. Their numbers are usually high in most cases. The issue comes out with a concept of equality. This is where the issue of housewife comes in. It is a woman who cooks delicious food at their homes thereby causing a stiff competition. There have been many cases where cleaning is being done by men but the neatest places are those that women take part. These shows gender equality.

            Gender inequality is still a trending issue as seen in most of the societies. In terms of families, women are the most people who are considered to be responsible for the home chores. Women are found staying at home taking care of the sick and children while their husbands are busy working. Another case that shows inequality in dimension of gender is girl child being subjects to early marriages and illiteracy as a result of drop outs after marriage. Sometimes they are married to old men in the societies. They end up staying at home after they have adopted the motherly instincts of bearing children while their husbands are busy working. It is therefore clear that gender inequality is still in existence. These aspects strongly show that there are still cases of gender inequality in the modern society.

Conclusion

            Women have been given opportunities to work as in work places and have been considered as teachers to their kids regardless of education denial due to early marriages. These activities portray that there has been gender equality in the modern society. However, women have been suffering inequality in gender dimension whereby they are left at home as men are working, experiencing unpaid labor and early marriages. These aspects strongly show that there are still cases of gender inequality in the modern society. There are many cases of gender inequality in societies which lead the victims to miserable lives.

           

 

 

 

 

 

Reference

Delprato, M., Akyeampong, K., & Dunne, M. (2017). Intergenerational education effects of         early marriage in sub-Saharan Africa. World Development, 91, 173-192.

Éducation pour tous (Projet), & Unesco. (2014). Teaching and learning: Achieving quality for     all.

O'Brien, J. A., & O'Brien, J. (2008). Encyclopedia of Gender and Society. Thousand Oaks:           SAGE Publications.

Rubery, J. (2015). Austerity and the future for gender equality in Europe. ILR Review, 68(4),       715-741.