Sociological Perspective On Gender Inequality

Women are not equal to men in the workplace because of unequal pay, a lack of women in managerial positions, and sexual harassment in the work place.

I was born in a family where I never had to worry about my race or ethnicity. Both of the terms are “social construction” which means that “society has created this category” and “it has more meaning socially than biologically” (Race and Ethnicity for OLS Prezi). Race is how we look, or “a social definition based on shared lineage and a real or presumed, biological characteristic,” while ethnicity is a social definition of groups that are “typically defined on the basis of some cultural characteristic such as language, religion, traditions, and cultural practices” (Ritzer, 223). The whole nature of racism boils down to having a dominant group who believes that they are superior, such as more civilized or physically more evolved than the minority

The topics of gender inequality become more and more popular in the society because a lot of reports show that many women are killed by bias on all over the world every year and women are hard to find a job in some places nowadays. Under this background, the “team” of feminist becomes stronger and stronger. In‘’ ‘I’ve been pondering whether you can be a part-feminist’: Young Australian Women’s Studies student discuss gender”, Kate Hughes presents the changing of students who has different gender perceptions . He mentions: “The background to this study is one Women’s Studies program which can be positioned as part of ‘new wave’ Women’s Studies.” That shows the women’s power has played an important role in people’s mind. In the article, people’s show thier ideas about ethnicity, equality, and freedom, but it doesn’t talk about the situation of the gender inequality and how people solve such questions from all over the world. How is the gender inequality affect people’s life? Are they being solved? What measures do people use to solve those problems? In this paper, I will discuss gender inequality issues and the different measures people use to fix up the questions.

Gender inequality, by definition, is the differences in status between men and women in society. It normally affects women more than men, due to their status in society. Many women are said to experience gender inequality within workplaces. This begs the question: why do gender inequalities exist? The most logical cause of gender inequality would be stereotyping. Men are pictured as being the quarterbacks, the breadwinners, needing to work to be able to support their family. On the other hand, however, women are pictured as the housewives, mothers, and caretakers of the house. In modern society, the typical “housewife” ideals have changed. Ever since World War II, women are deciding to work and work, rather than stay at home, defying their

"We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back" [Malala Yousafzai, 2013]. When you think of the word “feminism” or the term “feminist” what does it mean to you? In society, individuals are misconstrued in regard to equality, and being “equals”. People firmly believe that men, and woman are unable to be “equals” because of their physical, emotional, and mental capabilities, which holds little truth when speaking upon the bigger picture. These same individuals conclude that males, and females are not able to hold equality amongst one another due to the simplest of facts; their biological makeups are vastly different. However, when you take a moment to lookup the labels “feminism” or “feminist” they are not concerned about the visible

Social status and structures have definitely shaped the construction and experience of gender inequality. Men and women are constantly analyzed, compared, and grouped together in society. The result of this yields discrepancies in how sexes are viewed by society. Throughout my examination and explanation of gender inequality, I concluded both men and women are victims to gender inequality.

Feminist theory analyzes the gender inequality that women have faced throughout the years due to a patriarchal society. Women were expected to fit the traditional female and conform to the gender norms that society has constructed. According to A Brief Introduction to Critical Theory, “Feminism embodies a way of reading that investigates the text’s investment in or reaction to the patriarchal power structures that have dominated Western culture” (227). Patriarchal power has oppressed women economically, socially, and politically. Women were associated more with domesticity than with politics and financial situations. They were not provided the same educational opportunities as men. These issues have been addressed by people, such as Mary

A man, a woman. A woman, a man. Notice that these sentences are the same, or so they seem. Long throughout history, men have been placed before women, even in the slightest of circumstances as denoted by the introduction; the sentences function the same way, however, the allusion that a man is more important to mention first is given in the first sentence, while the woman is given the most attention to in the second one had it been on its own. This way of viewing the tiniest of gendered assumptions may be connected to a philosophy known as feminist theory. Feminist theory is a way of looking at the world and how it perceives women, examining their societal roles, expectations, and disadvantages as a result of discrimination. Throughout the generations, philosophers, artists, and authors, such as but not limited to Mary Wollstonecraft, Frida Kahlo, and Margaret Atwood have chosen to observe and bring rise to the issues that create gender inequality, and their contributions continuously reshape feminism to what it has become in modern times: a way of living.

examine the scarcity of jobs and the patterns of inequality that arise when comparing who gets hired and who doesn’t. Or it could attempt to explain how people who are born into poverty may find it difficult to change their financial status. Through this theory, sociologists can infer why inequalities exist, what perpetuates them, and who is responsible. It should be noted, though, that this theory doesn’t reflect the ways in which conflict isn’t necessarily always a negative. Conflict and struggle often bring people together and motivate them to work hard. This theory takes a pessimistic view of society, because it assumes that people with power and wealth try to keep others away from it. It seems that most people are more optimistic than that, and they think that they can improve their lives through their own efforts. Conflict theory may be useful to point out inequalities, but it fails to convey how people view them.

With the year being 2017, you wouldn’t think that gender inequality still existed. Sadly, this seems to be a problem that people still seem to face day by day. How exactly do sociology and gender inequality go hand in hand? The word sociology itself means the study of how people are affected by things that affect them. Gender inequality means the unequal treatment of males or females because of gender roles. To understand this more thoroughly, gender roles are like the way you are expected to be or act in society. For example, women are supposed to stay at home, cook and take care of the children, while the men are the “breadwinners”. Given the years, more and more women have decided to go to college and

As we are all birth equally throughout the world, there is still contingency that causes a barrier between human kinds. What barriers are we talking about that can’t be changed through our DNA? That is our gender. When each of us are born into the world, we are labeled as male or female due to our genetical DNA and different types of organs (WHO). Yet, society still isn’t as balance enough and there are still so much discrimination in gender in even today’s society.

My expectations going into this class were that my worldview was going to be expanded. I knew that gender inequality was a complex topic and the ways in which it is unequally is not always apparent or obvious. I expected this class to point out things in which I had been previously blind to or things I have noticed before but hadn’t really thought about the negative impact it could have on people of a certain gender. I would like to think that before this class I was decently aware of gender issues and before the class even considered myself a feminist. This was one of the main reasons I choose to take this class. I wanted more information on the issues that I cared so much about and want to see improvement in.

Inequality and oppression in society have been explained using different theories such as Liberal Feminism, Radical Feminism and Socialist Feminism. They have been used to explain gender inequality and are based on the justification that organization of a society has contributed to disparity between women and men. Such inequality has contributed to women and girls having less access to power, economic empowerment, lower social status and generally limited opportunities than men and boys. Whilst they generally agree on this notion, the theorists differ on the approaches employed to deal with issues of gender related inequality and oppression. While Socialist Feminism connects the oppression of women to other oppression in society, Radical Feminism opposes patriarchy (Sharma, 1980).

All individuals should be born equal and are entitled to all their fundamental rights and freedoms. Women do not have the opportunity to have an education due to the lack of belief in the value of education for women in. In addition to that, women have certain regulations and laws to abide by regarding legal and political rights. Furthermore, there is the problem of gender inequality in the workplace for women as they face discrimination. Women face injustice to be considered equal to men in third world countries.

Early in the term I read the book Iran Awakening by Shirin Ebadi and grew fascinated with her account of life in Iran before, during, and after the Islamic Revolution. In this touching memoir, she describes the 1979 revolutionary takeover of Ayatollah Khomeini, who overthrew the shah and established an Islamic State, fusing together religious and political life. The result was a unique combination of theocratic and democratic authority, completely unprecedented in history. Through the implementation of sharia law, the new regime took a country which had been gradually westernizing and forced upon it a process of complete and immediate Islamization, much to the detriment of women who, since that time, have fallen victim to institutionalized gender inequality and oppression. Through this rich and compelling story, I became interested in the relationship between religion and gender inequality in Iran.