Are Men And Women Treated Equal?

There has always been the question as to whether or not men and women are treated equally. It is not necessarily easy to determine if we are considered treated equally or are not considered treated equally. Both men and women feel strongly about each other’s worth and what they deserve. With that being said, this is an important topic in our society because it determines how we function as a whole. Most importantly, it creates peace within our world by allowing individuals to help others and not focus on whom or who is not better than the other. Moreover, equality between women and men is essential in our world because everyone is human and deserves to be happy. However, in today’s society it is a challenge for men and women to be considered equal. One challenge that comes into …show more content…
Indeed, we have come a long way from women not being able to earn the same wage as men to men not being able to gain full custody of their children after a divorce. However, we have created a society where it almost seems impossible for men and women to be treated or considered equal. This is because there will always be the concept of gender roles and that gender identifies what an individual is capable of. Even from the time that a woman and man are born they are treated differently. In the essay “Learning to Be Gendered,” by Penelope Eckert and Sally McConnell-Ginet, they bring this idea to the surface when they state, “people handle infants more gently when they believe them to be female, more playfully when they believe them to be male” (740). This goes to show that our gender primarily has an influence on the way that we are treated in this world. If this is happening from the time a baby is born then it will only go on to continue in their adulthood. As a result, it seems as though women and men will never completely be treated equally since our genders have such a toll on the lifestyles we are expected to