"Life is not fair." This is a saying almost everyone in the world has had to hear at least once in their lives. Many understand the concept of life being unfair, so why does it seem that no one can accept the fact that it is? We live in a world today where things like the color of your skin and the body that you are in matter. We live in a world the gender you profess and the way you like the dress changes people’s view of you. Not only is this not right, it is shameful. We live in a world that praises vanity and denounces individuality. We are taught as children that anyone and everyone is special and yet as we grow, we learn of the deliberate social structures put in place to strip us of that very right. The right to be yourself despite what everyone else is doing, the right to be an individual before you are a number in a system. Despite that these are the way things are, I still do not want a world like that for my children, nor do I want a world like that for myself. I want a world that is founded on the notion of equal opportunity. I believe that everyone should have the right to do …show more content…
It goes without saying that it is hard in a world like this to be both fair and equal, but it is not impossible. By giving people equal opportunities and treatment, life could sustain without much conflict. When people are treated equally there are no limits to what we, as a collective human race, could do. As a Christian woman, I believe that this is what God had planned for us all along. He wanted us to be able to live in harmony with one another, he wanted us to enjoy the gift of life. He never intended for us to be dying of hunger. He never intended for us to fall victim to tragedies like poverty or be forced from our homes as a result of civil conflicts and war. With the boundaries and strains modern societies put on us every day it is nearly impossible for us to enjoy life the way God had
Is there such a thing as equality? Can you truly look at a person and say they are your equal, or are we too judgmental? No, as humans we are doomed to see the flaws in others and ourselves. The only way to truly have equality is to either have perfection, or to discard individuality all together. Seeing flaws is the only way to improve both ourselves, and others. To have equality is to sacrifice progress. Someone has to be the weak one. Without weakness there is no basis for strength. Without flaws there is no preference, and without preference there is no love. Life would become shallow and unfulfilling. Humanity needs someone to love and someone to hate.
The critical rank for reducing gender inequalities should be education, labor force participation, and lastly, wages. There are obvious differences between men and women whether it’s anatomically, financially, and so forth. The gender inequalities women face compared to men is alarming and saddening. Gender stereotypes reinforce gender inequalities because stereotypes can often be internalized which results in biases against either sex. These biases against a person can result in negative results. Gender inequality has been within our society for a long time especially amongst women.
Ensuring equality among the people promotes fairness and reduces conflict and jealousy. By treating everyone equally we maintain our respect and are able to work together better. The rule we create treats everyone the same and does not provide any special treatment to any specific person. As long as everyone does what is required of them they will obtain what is rightfully due to them.
Even though the American Revolution constituted represented a tremendous strike against the old social order, its founding ideals could not be realized within the socioeconomic framework that existed in colonial America.
Despite there being many reasons as to why people discriminate homosexuals, the most popular ones are due to their religion or cultural norm. They include acts of verbal and physical abuse towards individuals who are homosexual. For those who are homosexuals, they are verbally abused by name calling such as fag, homo or sissy more than two dozen a day. There was a survey conducted by Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network and found that 86 percent of LGBT teens are being harassed at school in 2007. In 2013, 82 percent of teens had problems from previous year with bullying about sexual orientation. 64 percent felt unsafe at school and 32 percent did no go to school because of feeling unsafe. Even as an adult homosexual are attacked verbally.
Women have been treated unequally since the beginning of time. Just recently have things began to change for the better for women and the future of our society. The increase in women’s equality rights will take time, but some day women and men will be treated equally. This cannot happen until each of us is able to look at a person and just see another individual, not a male or a female, white or black, rich or poor… a person as just a person.
Huebner, D. M., Rebchook, G. M., & Kegeles, S. M. (2004). Experiences of harassment, discrimination, and physical violence among young gay and bisexual men. American Journal Of Public Health, 94(7), 1200-1203.
“I want an Oompa Loompa now” said Violet in the 1971 classic Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. This is entitlement, “the feeling or belief that you deserve to be given something (such as special privileges)” Violet did nothing to deserve the Oompa Loompa yet because her daddy has an endless checkbook she feels entitled. There are a few other meanings to this word, the right to guaranteed benefits; the fact of having a right to something. Depending on political views, how someone is raised or simply their outlook on life, they may view the word entitlement differently.
Sexual discrimination, also known as gender discrimination is prejudice based on the sex of a person. Throughout history, discrimination against people of any kind, for countless reasons, have led to many catastrophes. While sexual discrimination may not seem to bring any sort of impending doom, it causes traumatic effects on individual worldwide. It does this by affecting many aspects of a person’s life, such as their emotional and physical well-being. Sexual discrimination also plays an effect on religion. In a world where lives are shaped on ethics and morality, the Catholic religion does it’s best to highlight the religious views and aspects on such matters.
There are commonly believed to be four major races on Earth, but over the course of history, one race almost always holds power and privilege. Race is a completely socio-historical concept that society has created based on the way that people look, meaning that the power and privilege is based on merely perceived differences. Since the “discovery” of America, racism has been a prevalent part of society. Whether it be the slaughter of the native people, the enslavement of Africans, the resistance toward the civil rights movement, or even the ongoing issues of police brutality, it is undeniable that Americans have used power and privilege to oppress other groups, most often racially. Individual, institutional, and societal oppression are the
Unequal pay, or the gender pay gap, is an issue that every type of woman in the United States is affected by. This gender pay gap has continued to exist, yet has gotten smaller over the years. Regardless of the size of the pay gap, it is a situation that a large amount of people, both men and women, find to be unjustifiable.
As I was walking my way through my first day of Georgian Forest Elementary School, I, like my peers believed that I was there to receive an education. I could do what everyone else could and treated like everyone the same. At least that’s what I thought. And, then, I saw stares. Thinking that I was the one everyone looked at. However I was wrong. I turned around to see a beautiful little girl child in a wheelchair with her head down. There were whispers, giggles and looks of concern at that time I realized discrimination within children is real.
Less than a hundred years ago women had the courage to work outside of their homes and began to fights for their rights. In return women were treated unequal and were not provided with the same amount of education or women from their job. If men and women were treated equal, then the man would be able to do the women’s job and the women would be able to do the mans job. This amount of equality would knock out the stereotypical labels of what jobs a man and women should do. The world would be a less disrespectful and judgmental place if there were equality. If everyone agreed on equal rights, then the world would be a happy
For many years people have fought for equal rights and they are still fighting to win this battle. Also, people are still fighting to win the battle of discrimination and inequality. This paper will discuss discrimination of students with disabilities and the unequal treatment of women.
Gender equality has been an issue for centuries. Ever since the days of the bible, women