William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice shows many ideas and values that are still relevant today. Gender inequality‚ one of the main themes throughout the play‚ one of the most talked about topics in the country. Marriage in The Merchant of Venice left women with no freedom in choosing who they wanted to marry‚ while marriage now has given women the choice. Women did not have a say‚ their thoughts were never taken into consideration. Shylock makes a deal with Antonio who doesn’t fulfil his
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This puts an even heavier burden on women to solely her family and a need for a higher pay. “A new report out this week‚ "Gender Pay Inequality: Consequences for Women‚ Families and the Economy‚" commissioned by Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York‚ the ranking Democrat on Congress’s Joint Economic Committee‚ shows that women’s median earnings are now $10‚800 less per year than men’s.
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Gender Inequality Charlotte P. Gilman & Janet Chafetz Gender Inequality Gender Inequality is when men and women are separated by the belief that one gender is superior to the other in forms that deny full participation or restrictions to one’s ability to live an equal life. Ever since the dawn of time there has been one gender superior to the other and to this day there are still gender differences in the political‚ economical and physical life of a male versus a female. Charlotte Perkins
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The Link between Gender Inequality and Economic Growth It is not generally seen that the economy and gender development are interconnected in terms of each other’s influence and their development process. However‚ this correlation is well-explained by the fact that if women’s employment rates were raised to 70 percent‚ which is closer to that of many developed nations‚ the annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Asia would increase by up to 2-4 percent (United Nations in China‚ 2010). Indeed‚ economic
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In conjunction with the real material consequences of abuse within residential schools‚ the forceful teachings of patriarchy have created perpetual cycle of abuse within the Indigenous community today. Aboriginal women‚ the center of this victimization face abusive relationships and households on an every day basis. According to “Racism‚ Sexism‚ and Colonialism: The Impact on the Health of Aboriginal Women in Canada” eight out of ten Aboriginal women reported victimization by physical‚ sexual‚ psychological
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WOMEN AND PATRIARCHY TONI LEANN GIBSON GLOBAL HISTORY UP TO 1500 February 1‚ 2013 Patriarchy is defined as the institutions and values of male dominance. According to the text‚ Historian Gerda Lerner states that by the second millennium B.C.E ‚ written laws codified and sought to enforce a patriarchal family life that offered women a measure of paternalistic protection while insisting on their submission to the unquestioned authority of men. From that point in history‚ possibly before‚ and
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Throughout history women have not always been treated with equality‚ this inequality is also shown in prehistory. The Paleolithic and Neolithic eras contrast when it comes to gender inequality or gender equality. In Paleolithic times‚ Women easily had a greater amount of equality and not so much of that equality in Neolithic times. In Paleolithic times‚ women were the ones who invented and began the use of farming and agriculture‚ without this great source of food‚ humans may have not been
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performance. The theme of oppression is prevalent throughout the performance which is explored even further during a question and answer session when Civil reflects on experience which shaped her. The performance used Red rope as a metaphor to explain patriarchy‚ and Civil experience of facing sexism within her own family Gabrielle Civil has discovered herself because of the connection she made with the group of people during the performance with red rope. For example‚ she states “Red dots turns into recognition
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Poverty and Inequality in the United States Capitalism demands that “wealth is on top and debt is on the bottom” (Salon.com) Income inequality rates are higher in the United States than any other developed democracy and the rates are growing. Large corporations and the top 1% get breaks that the middle and lower class do not. Such as tax breaks‚ bailouts‚ and bankruptcy laws being loosened. It can be argued that capitalism is the number one cause of poverty. In order for capitalism
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economic inequalities‚ which can be separate into two parts: income and wealth‚ has become a mainstream political issue. We often hear the economists from different countries speaking income and wealth inequalities‚ no matter they are from developed or developing countries. According to the research‚ both Australia and China are now facing some serious issues from income and wealth inequalities. As two examples of developed and developing countries‚ in this question the main areas of inequalities and
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