Feminism and Gender Equality: Promoting Feminine Theory

This article discusses the importance of treating women and men equally in society. It explores the issues of gender inequality and how it affects the development of a country. The article also discusses the concept of feminism and the importance of promoting feminine ethics.

Running Head: Promoting Feminine Theory
Feminism and Gender Equality

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Introduction
Feminism and gender equality is the most common issue in the recent era and it has drawn
significant concern of the society. The woman status today is quite controversial topic which
is difficult to be defined. Status of any individual in the society is his position in such society
in comparison to others. The reason behind the controversy is that the woman is considered
as the human beings with weaker gender than the men and therefore their status is quite lower
in today’s society. Such differentiation between the gender of a man and woman in the
society is commonly recognised as the problem of ‘’gender inequality’’. In today’s society is
the major concern is the female abuse faced by the women as a result of male dominance. In
the typical societies in the existing world men are considered the principle holder of all the
economic as well as political powers.
Thesis Statement: The gender structure of the society consists of feminine and masculinity
and still masculinity is given more value and recognition in the society. However, it is an
important fact to observe that woman rights and status has been improved since last decade as
they were worst during that period of time (Connell, 2011).
Feminism and Gender Equality:
The severe issues in the existing world such as dowry system, rape cases, domestic violence,
prostitution etc. have shown the status of a woman in today’s society. Due to the lower status
of women, they are being consistently exploited by the male section of the society. These
problems of gender inequality actually cause under-development of a country. When in the
male dominated society, the females are not allowed to go out for work (jobs), the country is
not able to utilise its productivity for the capital formation as these economies does not utilise

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half of its human resources. It happens merely because of the fact that it is generally believed
that woman must stay at home and they should not compete men of the country as they do not
possess the requisite strength and power as possessed by men.
In a demographic society, the most key moral principle is the gender equality that must be
pursued by each and every member of the society. It is highly important for any country to
give due respect to the concern called gender equality in order to function well. When it is
believed by one gender of the society that it holds stronger position than the other gender, the
problem of gender inequality rises (Biggs, Gingell & Downe, 2011). This belief causes strong
male dominance over the females of any society.
Domestic violence is the typical example that proves that still the status of woman is
considered too low and powerless when compared to men. The male dominated society or
country treats woman as their property who should only live as per the wills of the males to
whom they belong. Thus gender equality must be focused as an important ethical concern.
Gender equality issue is primarily related to human values as well as the socially
designed process of human values development. In recent times, there are various
organisations that function for the social cause of protecting and promoting the rights of
woman in each society. A broad range of reforms have been introduced particularly in the
developed nations to achieve true equality for the women. It has been taught to the women in
the existing societies that they should be focused on building their independence in the social
life and also while maintaining their personal relationship with men.
Feminism is the concept that entails a wide spectrum of political movements, beliefs,
social movements, ideologies and opinion which share a common motive: to define, establish
and achieve the equality of sexes in political, social, personal and economic aspects (Hebert,
2007). It is the belief that each and every woman of the country must have the identical

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rights, powers as well as the opportunities as are granted to the male section of the society.
The social status of women must be treated at par with that of males of the society. Currently,
the concept of feminism has gain considerable significance through the use of various
feminism movements made by the strongest women of the society to inspire the women of
under-developed regions (Griffiths, 2003).
The feminist movements are usually undertaken to identify and promote the feminine
ethics which covers the set of traits and values associated with women. The feminine theory
is the ethical theory and is aimed as taking in front of society, the ideas of women
liberalisation, independence as well as their equality. Imparting adequate amount of
education is the most effective way of reducing the serious concern of gender abuse and other
related matters. To develop each nation of the world, it is necessary for the government and
other regulatory bodies to provide the females of their country all the rights and powers as
they are provided to the male section so as to empower the woman rights sufficiently.
Also, another way to eradicate the issue of gender inequality, the regulators must form
stringent policies that work for the prevention of occurrence of issues like male violence and
women abuse. The government must design heavy punishment and penalties structures for all
the issues relating to male dominance depending upon the severity of each individual issue so
as to recognise the true value of females in the society.
Conclusion
The above discussion on the topic gender equality and feminism could be summarised by
stating that it is of the utmost importance to treat at par the women and men of the society or
country as a whole. The women section of each country must be given due respect in all the
areas such as social, professional and political environment for the sake of core development

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of the country. The females from all over the world must be given sufficient training and
knowledge to enable them to live independently in the society.

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References:
C.L. Biggs, S. Gingell, & P. J. Downe (2011), Gendered intersections: An introduction to
Women’s and Gender Studies (pp. 116-120). Halifax, Canada: Fernwood.
Connell, R.W. (2011). Understanding men: Gender sociology and the new international
research on masculinities.
Griffiths, M. (2003). Feminisms and the self: The web of identity. Routledge.
Hebert, L. A. (2007). Taking 'Difference' Seriously: Feminisms and the 'Man Question.'
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