in the field of gender equality. Vietnam has the appropriate policies to ensure equal rights for men and women and has made significant progress to reduce the gender gap in health and education as well as improve the situation of women women in general. However‚ these achievements have not purely synchronous and along with that progress there still exists several shortcomings. Moreover‚ with the transition process to more and more expanding market economy‚ the challenges of gender equality are changing
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involved. Through this social inequity there is inequality that results. In sports‚ there is a gender inequality between men and women athletes. Female athletes are often objectified and sexualize in the media for how they look while performing in their sport instead of focusing on their athletic skills. However‚ male athletes are not objectified and are mentioned basely on their skills of the sport they played. I would research more about gender inequality within different sports that men and women play
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Gender may be defined as one`s identity as male or female. It is a social concept and this term according to Stebbins (1990) is related to the one`s awareness of oneself as a sexual being and as thinking‚ and behaving. The unequal treatment base on that identity is known as gender inequality. Sexual classification has to do with the sexual identity of men and women and the sex role. Sex role is the behavior and attitude that is associated with the biological conditions of male or female. Another
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Gender inequality exists in USA United states is considered to be the most developed country in the world. Some may say that current United states is equal in terms of gender. I totally disagree with them because if we see deeply we’ll find out women are still far behind politically and economically. We will also find out the minorities or the immigrant women are more discriminated in every Sphere of life. If we look at the political situation of USA‚ we will easily find that
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Explain the ways in which gender inequality impacts your social issue. My social issue that I am researching is gender roles. I am looking at how each gender is treated differently based on their biological design. Women are seen as caring‚ child bearers‚ emotional‚ and weak. Whereas on the other hand‚ according to society men are strong‚ aggressive‚ breadwinners‚ manly‚ and man of the house. Based upon these different stereotypes given to men and women there is a huge gender difference in abilities
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5/2/09 Inequalities of Gender and Age “You can’t because you’re a girl.” Too many times when I was a kid did I hear those words; I was just as good as some of the other boys if not better. I was never a girl who wanted to play house or dress up‚ I always wanted to play sports and rough house. But whenever I tried to play some of the sports‚ I was considered the weak link because I was a girl‚ not as good as the guys‚ not strong enough‚ not tall enough‚ just not enough of a boy. I knew the
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I can say watching the Invisible war in class was an eye opener when it came to gender inequality in terms of the military. I remember when I was going through high school Air Force ROTC it was easy to see the difference in the male to female ratio. My career in the Air force not only shape the man I was today‚ but opened my mind to the inequality of woman compared to men in the military. My sergeant who was one of the very few female sergeants we had used to tell me that “being a woman was a
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Gender inequality is the most pressing human rights issue‚ including disparities in education‚ employment‚ healthcare‚ power‚ violence‚ and poverty that impact countless of women and girls from every part of the world throughout their lifetime. I believe all generation of human rights is for global women. However‚ the most significant is the second generation of human or also known as “social”‚ “economic”‚ or "culture" rights. In many economically emerging countries where traditionally defined gender
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“I don’t want to be a great female athlete. I want to be a great athlete” (unknown). Taking a look back on history‚ we could not possibly keep track of the number of times women were not given equal opportunity as men. It started off with rights as a whole‚ and then moved to voting‚ and even to this day we continue to battle with equal pay. Due to our biological makeup‚ men are key to our survival. As we have come to evolve and expand our knowledge‚ our past does not align with our present or
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Aalaa Mohasseb Professor Mahdi Tourage Religious Studies 2500F 19 November 2012 Patriarchy and Gender Inequality "I created you from one soul‚ and from that soul I created its mate so that you may live in harmony and love” (Quran 4:2). When distinguishing between the Quran and Western Christian tradition‚ it becomes clear that equality amongst genders is much more prominent in the Quran. This is a result of the influence of Greek misogyny being integrated into Western Christian tradition
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