GENDER EQUALITY
Names: Munna Joshy
Class: 1 BBA ‘A’
VIEW:
Gender is the natural orientation that nature has provided mankind with it
enables the continued existence of mankind and the preservation of our society
in a civilized manner. Our very evolution has been dependent on it for
centuries. If the women didn’t stay in the caves and if the men didn’t go out
and gather food, the homosapiens would have disappeared and the world would be
dominated by another species.
The argument that such roles don’t exist
are to a certain extent futile and can be looked at as a phase of the modern
era brought about largely due to the two world wars, when the world was at war
and the women were called upon (especially in the USA) to become the workforce
of the world. As the United States turned into the dominant power on earth, the
rest of the world turned into mere US imitators of the trend spread all around
the world. What can be understood from the above is that the erosion in the
norms of differentiation among the genders is a relatively young phenomenon
that is at the most a couple hundred years old. The world did exist till then
without any major issues.
One of the most developed countries in the
world Japan now suffers due to the fact that they eliminated gender roles from
their society in the pursuit of economic benefits. The emotional factors that
enrich life and society are all but completely alien to the people of that
country and what is the result; a population that has a high standard of living
but no life in it.
Thousands of years of history cannot be
erased just because it is convenient to do so. The one fact that people all
over the world forget when they talk about gender equality and how gender roles
is a part of it is the casualties that occur along the way. When women decide
to leave their homes and pursue their careers the children of today are being
denied a complete childhood, deprived of the love and attention that is due to
them.
Name: Romano Jose Jojo
Class: 1 BBA ‘A’
COUNTERVIEW: Just how different are man and woman? Everyone acknowledges that
there are significant differences between male and female, even if they are
only physical. Others see not only the physical but also the social, emotional,
and intellectual differences between them. In early American culture it was
common for a woman’s job to be a submissive homemaker in clear contrast to the
men’s breadwinner role. The seventies marked the beginning of the Woman’s
Movement and the end of the ideals we held on what it is to be a “man” and what
it is to be a “woman”. Women are no longer like the stereotypical homemaker,
always offering a hot meal for her family. No one disputes that the Woman’s
Movement began but there is a disagreement on whether or not it should come to
an end.
One
of the Woman’s Movements primary goal was to invalidate gender roles in the
sense that woman were secondary to men. The fact that gender roles exist is
indisputable. Gender roles influence woman and men in virtually every area of
the life including family and occupation. Early into childhood girls and boys
are treated differently in their in families, schools and other institutions.
Boys are played in a tough manner and told to “tough it out” when they get
hurt. Girls are thought to be more passive and expressive in their feelings.
Whether these gender roles are fair or not this is where the argument begins.
Does the fact that we are treated differently because based on our sex prevent
us from reaching equality are we treated differently because we are different
in nature? The outdated, sexist gender roles that dehumanize woman are extinct;
the ones that presently exist are the ones that are true.
Gender equality must be embraced if we are
to evolve culture and ourselves. It is not just a nice idea about a few women
who can open their own doors. It is about Cultural Revolution. Imagine the
possibilities in that- and how many people will begin to show up once this
someday, some way, becomes the norm?
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