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ATSGC3848 GENDER INEQUALITY

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ATSGC3848 Insights into Practice (ATSGC3848)

   

Added on  2019-11-14

ATSGC3848 GENDER INEQUALITY

   

ATSGC3848 Insights into Practice (ATSGC3848)

   Added on 2019-11-14

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Running head: GENDER INEQUALITYGender InequalityStudent Name University nameAuthor Name
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GENDER INEQUALITYExploring Gender Inequality We experience discrimination based on our gender in our academic, political, economicand social life that is gender inequality. Gender is the social identity, expectations and definitionsrelated to the biological classification of male, female or transgender individual (McLeod,2014).The gender inequality is established on the conventional notion that there are somebehavioral psychological and intellectual differences exist between men and women and thesedifferences make the men superior to the women. We often feel discrimination, especiallytowards women in professional work places and in our social life. The inequality can beexperienced in various forms from the authority behavior and attitude towards us to the wagedifference between men and women (Blau, 2016). I will mainly focus on the gender inequalitythat exists between man and women in our workplaces, homes and society. TheoriesThere have been various studies, discussions, policies implemented in order to bring thegender equality but the inequality still exists all over the world in almost every arenas of life. Inequality theoryModern feminism has given rise to the search for how exactly the inequality originated indeveloped countries (Jayachandran, 2015). Great thinker Karl Marx has proposed theoreticalimplication of inequality regarding gender relationships (Brown, 2014). Biological differenceThe biological difference of sexes is inescapable but the gender difference can beavoided. The developed countries have tried to eliminate the gender inequality by redefining
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GENDER INEQUALITYcertain laws (Arat, 2015). However some believe that the biological difference will make theinequality exist always. The general physical strength of men will influence the gender inequalityas it always has been. The three main factors that determine the male dominance and theinequality are inclination towards violence, physical capacity and reproduction. Sexual division of human laborThe inequality can be originated back to the era of hunter gathering. The sexual divisionof men and women labor has been existed since this period of history (Bird & Codding, 2015). Inmy house also I have seen how mother is working even after coming from work and father hadlittle contribution to daily chores. SocializationThe biological identity of the women is based on their power of giving birth and thatleads them to the duty of looking after the children and socialization (Hetherington, 2016). ‘Maternal deprivation’ The women as mothers have the duty to save and protect their children from corruptionwhich has been termed as ‘maternal deprivation’ (Ralph, 2014). Mother has more responsibilityregarding our protection in the outer world. Social construction of genderIn the nineteenth century the gender inequality was more focused on the socialconstruction. According to Oakely the various aspects of social construction establishes thegender inequality in our society (Oakley, 2015). Various socio cultural factors influenceindividual during his or her gender identity development. The expectations from a specificgender in his or her social position are passed through various processes. Manipulation is the
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