Are they still weaker?

Gender equality has been a talk among every region around the globe. The feminist movement itself was emerged for the single cause of making equal opportunities among the male and female humans. Men are of course physically stronger than women by nature. But man and women have to be treated equal as they both are humans. 

Women in all regions of world had been suffering discrimination and lack of opportunities in society. This has changed a lot now, but we have to go a long way in fact.  

Women have an equal role in the building up of society and they are the ones who are gifted with the power to reproduce. The women have proved over time to be an equal counterpart for man in almost all arenas.  

All of the societies around the world have been evolved as patriarchal ones in one way or another. And this is the problem that women face today. Women really need equal opportunities with men. The authorities of many countries have implemented quite a lot of provisions for the women. But at least a few of them prove to be the efforts to degrade women as a weaker sex.  

The women should be brought up and treated equally with men. The most important action to be taken for this is to ensure good quality of education to both boy and girl children. 

In today's high modern era, the globe has become a home and the rapid exchange of values between the societies takes place. So I hope the discussion of gender equality will keep fire through out the world for a few decades and then the gender inequality would fade away to history.

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Male and Female!

The notion of gender equality has been a debates over many decades. The question that who is dominant or who is more powerful always sustains as a controversy. The women and women empower movements argue that there is a marginalized class in the circles of our society which is labelled as the weaker sex ,ie, the women. The continuous opression and inequality act as a hole in the flow of the women's development in all sectors. There are various forms of restrictions imposed upon woman in the names of different constructed organizations such as culture, religion,politics etc. These forms of chains are given to the women as soon as a girl child is born. They are taught and advised to practise by the mother at home. At the same time a boy of similar age enjoys all kinds of freedom and he has more choices and voices in his life. Men and women have their own inabilities and strength. So there is no need of any domination and opression. Nowadays women achieves many things that a man can never even dream. What we need is proper education to cultivate respect towards women

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Man and woMAN

          
       
             From the ancient period, women are considered only as a second gender. Because the ancient culture was like that. Gender equality varies from country to country depending on different aspects of their culture. God has created people equal but was not treated equal. Everywhere man has the superiority. But women were cooperative and capable of doing many things at a time.
             Women were fighting to treat as same as men were treated. In all fields, they have shown their power. Now in all male dominated jobs like medicine, law, business, etc women play a great role. The role of women has changed a lot. They no longer want to stay at home. Our society requires both men and women and both are equally important and they needs each other.

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Gender equality is achieved when women and men enjoy the same rights and opportunities across all sectors of society,including economic participation and decision making,and when the different behaviours,aspirations and needs of women and men are equally valued and favored.
Equality in education is an important issue,as gender equality guidelines improve education for both men and women. The goal of providing better education for women doesn't mean neglecting or suppressing men. By placing men and women on an equal level,the relatively increased valuing of women will also benefit men by informing them of the strength capabilities and contributions of members of opposite sex. It may also decrease the pressure may boys feel to conform traditional roles,behaviors and ways of thinking.

Author: Aaruni

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Gender equality

In our society, women has only a secondary place than the men. Men has the supreme power in the society. Men were considered themselves to be the true leaders and has more capacity to do the great things than the women do. Whatever great things the women do will not be accepted  to that much, that time also they argue men can do more than the women.
             Then also today, women are not frightened and sitting inside the house. They were getting out to the society and raising their voice. We know so many women who became famous in different fields. I think men has his own power and women has her own power. So we should give respect to both and then only we get respect.

Author: Reshmi V Nair

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Is Gender Equality a Myth?

 All men are created equal. The Indian Constitution provides equality. Then why there is an inequality among the predecessors of Adam and Eve? Even though the people are created equal, they are not treated equally in our patriarchal  society. The women are the ones being discriminated. Is it reasonable to consider women as a weaker section even in this technological world, as written in Manusmriti – “Stree na swathantryamarhathi”.

                  The term gender equality refers to the equal representation of women and men. It does not mean that women and men are the same, but that they have equal value and should be given equal treatment. The United Nations regards gender equality as a human right. And the government of India provides a lot of schemes, special programmes and reservations to empower women. But gender equality is a myth, because we talk much while doing less. Upper class as well as grass root level women are discriminated from the womb to the grave.

Author: Joja George

http://rosaryjojageorge.blogspot.in/

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Gender Equality

The word 'gender equality' refers to the equality or freedom both the gender female or male exercise in a society. Ours is still a male dominated society. Women still continue to be exploited . In practice , they are being denied their rights and privileges. No doubt, women in India are now much better than they had been before in independence, and yet much has to be done and achieved. In India woman have have equal rights . They can inherit properly , can divorce ; they have full freedom. Woman in India are free to aspire and achieve any position in any position in any field of life . There is no discrimination on the basis of sex.

Author: Rakhi Mol G R

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