One example of male dominance is politics; there are a much higher percentage of men in politics (Donaldson, 1993). The world economic forum has produced an index of gender called the ‘gender gap index’; this forum found that out of 128 countries, Australia came in 25th with regards to wages, education, health and politics (Zajdow, 2011, p. 253). Although Australia does very well in terms of education and health, the Australian Parliament fell short with a ratio of 100 men to 19 women (Zajdow, 2011, p. 253). Functionalist Theorist, Talcott Parsons believed that women should take on the nurturing role, and that the man should be the Sole breadwinner, and that this would be the best fit for society, Parsons termed this ‘the nuclear family’ (Poole, 2011, p. 146).…