The Ideas Of Gender Equality

Currently there is a discussion going on involving gender equality. American conservatives have been the problem in the past with being accepting of our evolving people. The word to word definition google has for gender equality is, “Gender equality, also known as sex equality, gender egalitarianism, sexual equality, or equality of the genders, is the view that everyone should receive equal treatment and not be discriminated against based on their gender.” With that definition, it simply means to treat everyone and give everyone the equal opportunities because we are all just one race, human. Now why is this such a difficult concept to grasp? This fight for equality goes back hundreds of years. With women wanting equal rights, and to this day, most women do not get paid as much as men. Transgendered people do not get looked upon or treated the same as men and women because they are not understood. That goes hand in hand with sexual equality as well. Because of peoples’ sexual orientation or lack of, they do not get the equality or respect everyone deserves.
Being the year 2016, you would expect equality to be a no brainer. Everyone to be accepting of one another, regardless of what gender you are or who you choose to love. There are some areas in which it really is not a problem, not even an issue. But here in the …show more content…
What is understood from this is, they want all power. They are all about progression for their “own people” but not everyone like it should be. It comes to the conclusion that perhaps these conservatives are not fully in touch with their own sexual orientation, their own acceptance, they take it out on the people who are loving and accepting of themselves and others. Yes, religion plays a factor but religion does not tell you not to love and accept everyone. It tells you to do exactly