Gender Inequality in Modern Hong Kong Society

The Title

Gender Inequality
In Modern Hong Kong Society.

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS.....................................................................................……….i
LIST OF GRAPHS...............................................................................................……...ii
LIST OF TABLES...............................................................................................……....ii
1 Abstract 1
2 Thesis Statement 2
3 Methodology 3
4.1 Recommendation to Reduce Gender Inequality in Work Place 4
4.2 Recommendations About Gender Equality in the Education 5
4.3 Recommendation to Reduce Gender Inequality Within Families 6
4.4 Recommendation to Reduce Gender Inequality in Media 8
4.5 Recommendation to Reduce Gender Inequality in Polities 10
5 Discussion 12
5.1 Perception of Gender Inequality in Hong Kong Work Place 12
5.2 Perception of Gender Inequality in Hong Kong Education 20
5.3 Perception of Gender Inequality Within Family in Hong Kong 24
5.4 Perception of Gender (In)equality in Hong Kong Media 30
5.5 Perception of Gender Inequality in Hong Kong Politics 34
6 Conclusion 40
7 Works Cited 42
8 Appendix 44
8.1 Questionnaire 44
8.2 Survey Result 47

List of Tables
Table 1. Pattern of decision making in the family (%)………………………………..27
Table 2. Women are more suitable for child rearing…………………………………..28
Table 3. Distribution of household labour (%)………………………………………..29
Table 4. Statistics of interviewees’ opinion on media discrimination on female……………………………………………………………………..32
Table 5. Statistic on interviewees’ feeling about gender inequality in media………………………………………………………………………33
Table 6. Percentages of women candidates in some election years……………………39
Table 7. September 2000 Legislative Council elections’ gender statistics ……………………………………………………………………...39

List of Graphs
Graph1. Respondents’ level of agreement regarding unequal pay for equal work
Among men and women…………………………………………………….14
Graph 2 Respondents' level of agreement for men