When we talk about gender in society, what are the first things that come to mind? How females don’t get the same rate of pay, how males are more dominant and females are more submissive, or even the different jobs that each gender acquires. In this essay I talk about how there is gender inequality in health care, in education, and in the work place.
The first thing I’m going to talk about is difference in education and the impact it can have on women that aren’t properly educated. Education is just one of the many things that women around the world don’t have equal rights to. There are many obstacles that get in the way of a woman’s education. Things such as social status, work, early marriage, pregnancy, and poverty. Africa is obviously a very poor continent with Angola being …show more content…
Work is often gender associated. Some of the jobs that are considered for women would include babysitting, nursing, cooking, and cleaning. Jobs that are female associate are often ones that require little to no physical work and also ones that have to do with helping others. This may be because males are more physically fit to do the more physically exhausting jobs such as construction or hunting. It can also be because that is the way the human race evolved. Long before civilization, men were considered dominate because they were stronger, more aggressive, and they thought they were smarter. That trend of male dominance continued throughout history. With any male able to do a women’s job, but not any women being able to do a man’s job, there is gender discrimination. In almost every country, a women’s job is given less importance, as this section written by James M. Henslin explains “If taking care of goats is men’s work, then the care of goats is considered important and carries high prestige, but if it is women’s work, it is considered less important and given less prestige” (297). This gender inequality is common all over the
The first thing I’m going to talk about is difference in education and the impact it can have on women that aren’t properly educated. Education is just one of the many things that women around the world don’t have equal rights to. There are many obstacles that get in the way of a woman’s education. Things such as social status, work, early marriage, pregnancy, and poverty. Africa is obviously a very poor continent with Angola being …show more content…
Work is often gender associated. Some of the jobs that are considered for women would include babysitting, nursing, cooking, and cleaning. Jobs that are female associate are often ones that require little to no physical work and also ones that have to do with helping others. This may be because males are more physically fit to do the more physically exhausting jobs such as construction or hunting. It can also be because that is the way the human race evolved. Long before civilization, men were considered dominate because they were stronger, more aggressive, and they thought they were smarter. That trend of male dominance continued throughout history. With any male able to do a women’s job, but not any women being able to do a man’s job, there is gender discrimination. In almost every country, a women’s job is given less importance, as this section written by James M. Henslin explains “If taking care of goats is men’s work, then the care of goats is considered important and carries high prestige, but if it is women’s work, it is considered less important and given less prestige” (297). This gender inequality is common all over the