Anu Aishwarya Dattani
Dan Boscov-Ellen
Ethics and Social Issues
January 18, 2016
The President
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. President,
I’m writing this letter to you to get to your notice about a very prominent issue that has been going on in every part of the world- Gender Oppression. This has been a problem for the past many years, but however, nothing has ever been done to change this. Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India once said, “You can tell the condition of a Nation by looking at the status of its Women." However, a lot has changed over the years. Sex trafficking, female genital mutilation, harassment, marriage laws, dowry, military services, schooling, health and many …show more content…
Women are either killed as a child with the practice of infanticide or when they become a widow with the practice of sati. The traditional and customary practices of such extreme violence are often times aggravated by social pressures. Women have to think twice and face peer pressure before coming forward due to their lack of education, legal information, aid, protection, and inadequate efforts from the government to enforce the laws and keep them safe from any harm. A woman’s entire purpose of living is dependent on a man and they do not possess an individual identity. Their sole purpose is to serve as a child to their father, as a sister to the brother, as a wife to the husband and as a mother to the husband. Being born as a women in a society where women are objectified and considered futile, where women such as myself had no right to speak for ourselves and had to be a submissive to the opposite gender, I was forced to narrow down my opportunities to more stereo-typical options. On the other hand, I saw a whole new side of sexism when I moved to the United States Of America, it has broadened my view about …show more content…
Many of them are rational people engaging in behavior they understand to be acceptable but little are they aware of the harm their actions bring to the people of our country. To fix gender inequality around the world, it must be started at one’s own home where the parents must teach their child to respect and treat woman the same way they would like to be treated, creating awareness among the parents. At school by giving scholarships to girls, teaching gender equality as a part of their curriculum and children must be encouraged to choose a career that is future-oriented, irrespective of their gender and at workplace, by making gender equality a part of training, equalizing the salary for their respective job positions, regardless of their gender. We should also promote the NGO’s to eradicate gender
Dan Boscov-Ellen
Ethics and Social Issues
January 18, 2016
The President
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. President,
I’m writing this letter to you to get to your notice about a very prominent issue that has been going on in every part of the world- Gender Oppression. This has been a problem for the past many years, but however, nothing has ever been done to change this. Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India once said, “You can tell the condition of a Nation by looking at the status of its Women." However, a lot has changed over the years. Sex trafficking, female genital mutilation, harassment, marriage laws, dowry, military services, schooling, health and many …show more content…
Women are either killed as a child with the practice of infanticide or when they become a widow with the practice of sati. The traditional and customary practices of such extreme violence are often times aggravated by social pressures. Women have to think twice and face peer pressure before coming forward due to their lack of education, legal information, aid, protection, and inadequate efforts from the government to enforce the laws and keep them safe from any harm. A woman’s entire purpose of living is dependent on a man and they do not possess an individual identity. Their sole purpose is to serve as a child to their father, as a sister to the brother, as a wife to the husband and as a mother to the husband. Being born as a women in a society where women are objectified and considered futile, where women such as myself had no right to speak for ourselves and had to be a submissive to the opposite gender, I was forced to narrow down my opportunities to more stereo-typical options. On the other hand, I saw a whole new side of sexism when I moved to the United States Of America, it has broadened my view about …show more content…
Many of them are rational people engaging in behavior they understand to be acceptable but little are they aware of the harm their actions bring to the people of our country. To fix gender inequality around the world, it must be started at one’s own home where the parents must teach their child to respect and treat woman the same way they would like to be treated, creating awareness among the parents. At school by giving scholarships to girls, teaching gender equality as a part of their curriculum and children must be encouraged to choose a career that is future-oriented, irrespective of their gender and at workplace, by making gender equality a part of training, equalizing the salary for their respective job positions, regardless of their gender. We should also promote the NGO’s to eradicate gender