Causes and Effects of Sex Discrimination in Vietnam Sex discrimination is one of many obstinate problems in mankind society. It is a broad term used to reflect the super position of men in social treatment between women and men. Another term is sexual differentiation, which exists in almost all countries on over the world although the causes and the levels of it are various from each nation. Vietnam is among of nations where sexual differentiation can be easily recognized on many fields. There are three main causes that spawn sex discrimination in Vietnam: the remainder of feudalistic custom still affecting Vietnamese society, the lack of knowledge in opinions of Vietnamese people and the requirement …show more content…
Therefore, most of Vietnamese people believe that the position of a man is always higher than a woman. Second, the feudalistic custom also lay down that women can not make any decision. For example, a lot of Vietnamese parents think that their daughter must marry the man whom they choose whether she loves him or not. To sum up, it is clear that the feudal attitudes, which raises the man’s position and prevents women from determining their own destinies, create sexual differentiation in Vietnam. The second cause of sex discrimination in Vietnam is the lack of knowledge of Vietnamese people. First, many Vietnamese married couples, whose knowledge is very limited, do not know that practicing birth-control is extremely importance to women. Without family planning, women do not have freedom because they can not escape from the endless cycle of childbearing and rearing. To illustrate, a woman who has to stay at home to take care of her children and do housework daily can not enjoy herself in anything else. Second, because lack …show more content…
In brief, the deficiency of Vietnamese knowledge makes a woman working as a slave and prevents her from defending herself in many partial cases. Finally, one of the biggest causes of sex discrimination in Vietnam is the requirement of farming career. It is generally believed that most of Vietnamese people are doing farming today. However, farming is a very hard work so that men have to do most of the work whereas women only can help some light pieces of the work. Consequently, the main income of family relies on the husband who has the right to keep all the family’s money and decide how to use it. To illustrate, in a lot of Vietnamese families, the woman always have to ask her husband for money if she wants to buy anything. In short, the characteristics of farming career force women rely on men, and regard man as the main support of the family. At the same time, the effects of sex discrimination in Vietnamese society are more obvious than ever before. Sex discrimination affects on three sides of the society: in the home, in the job site and in the
Throughout the world, discrimination in all forms has continued to be a constant struggle; whether it’s racial, gender based, religion, beliefs, appearance or anything that makes one person different from another, it’s an everyday occurrence. A major place that discrimination is occurring at is in the workplace. One of the largest problems discrimination issues is believed to be gender. Women, who have the same amount of experience as men are not getting paid at the same rate as men, these women also are equally trained and educated. According to the article Gender Pay, it was discovered in 2007 that a woman makes 81 cents for every dollar a man earns.(“Gender Pay”) . This shouldn’t be happening in today’s society for the fact the society lived in today is suppose to be more accepting. Men are viewed as being more popular, valuable and having higher powers than women. The Reason Discrimination is involved in the equal pay equal work is because of the significance it has to how some businesses pay their employees.
A cruel cycle in which the rich people maintain control and the poor people are trapped with no way to rescue themselves, feudalism is a hierarchical market system. The people with money in Men With Guns are the landlords, the owners of the plantations. These people obviously control the land that they own as well as the profit from the output their land produces, but they also control the government, the army, and consequently, the common people. This near omnipotent control forces the common people into a feudal relationship.
society, women are expected to be at home doing the chores and taking care of their family. The
In the novel Paradise of the Blind, Doung Thu Huong explores the effect the Communist regime has had upon Vietnamese cultural gender roles. During the rule of the Communist Viet Minh, a paradigm shift occurred within which many of the old Vietnamese traditions were dismantled or altered. Dounh Thu Huong uses the three prominent female characters – Hang, Que and Aunt Tam – to represent the changing responsibilities of women in Vietnamese culture. Que, Hang’s mother, represents a conservative, orthodox Vietnamese woman, who has a proverb-driven commitment to sustaining her manipulative brother, Chinh. Aunt Tam embodies a capitalistic
Historically, females have been discriminated against in the United States based solely on their gender. Gender or sex discrimination may be described as the unfair treatment of a person in their employment because of that person's sex. It is illegal to discriminate based on sex and it may result in negative effects on employment include pay, position and title, advancements and training opportunities or whether or not an individual is hired or fired from a job.
Female inequality in workplace is one of the harmful aspect that is afflicting the entire
...s to be more than a stay at home mother and wife but feels trapped by the role that she if forced to play.
Does sex discrimination still exist? Of course; it’s a never ending threat to many people. Sex discrimination occurs all the time. Many people fail to recognize it or they overlook the situation. Examples of where the discrimination would take place are as followed; the military, the workplace, politics, and also in the gay and lesbian community. In the military, women are conceived as being the weaker sex. Therefore their opportunities within it are somewhat limited. Many question whether or not women can “measure up” to specific standards, but properly trained servicewomen can overcome physical shortcomings. In the workplace men and women are both affected. Although employers are permitted to enforce different dress codes for men and women, women are more vulnerable to sex discrimination due to the dress code (The Kielch Law Firm 2014). In the United States, our politics are mostly led by men, but in recent years women have evolved into the scene. Being gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender can change the way people look at you. Many see it as a sickness; therefore you are judged and depending on their outlook of the situation may keep you from getting a job that you want. Ask yourself, does sex discrimination still exist?
Within the United States election season of 2012, we heard many of our current, and wanna-be elected leaders discussing a ‘so-called’ war on women. Coming into this years election cycle we will undoubtedly hear more of this discussion, which begs the question: Is there really a war on women in America? In America, women make up only 19% of the US Congress, 5% of the Fortune 500 C-level executives, and just 16% of the Heads of State [Nilges]. Whether it be in politics, the workplace, or through inherent speech patterns, gender bias influences opportunities afforded to both men and women. While tremendous improvement has been made within the United States over the last 3 generations, it is clearly a challenge that requires a persistent, collective effort.
The topic of gender discrimination is certainly a controversial one. Some of our group remembers their LIBS 7013 course, an entire course dedicated to studying Race, Class and Gender. It’s interesting to look at these issues from a moral point of view, and apply different principles to the circumstances at hand.
The social structure of the Middle Ages was based on the practice of feudalism. Feudalism meant that the country was not governed directly by the king, but by individual lords that paid homage to him. These lords: administered their own estates, dispensed their own justice, minted their own currency, levied taxes and tolls, and demanded military service from their vassals. Technically the king was the chief feudal lord, however the individual lords reigned supreme in their territory, doing little more than paying the king’s taxes. The idea of feudalism was built upon a mutual service between vassals and lords. As a vassal one was required to attend at the lord’s court, help administer justice, contribute money, and answer a summons to battle, as well as house and feed the lord when he traveled across his land. The lord was obliged to, protect the vassal, give military aid, and guard his children; this meant that if a daughter were to inherit the fief, the lord would arrange her marriage.
ruled by his wife. For in the order of nature man was supposed to be
With the acceptance of the role of wife almost all women, especially role-oriented women, accept as well as the role of housewife. The deprecatory phrase ?I?m just a housewife? typifies the low esteem in which this position is held in our society. The housewife?s responsibilities fall under at least twelve occupational titles: nursemaid, housekeeper, seamstress, dietician, cook, dishwasher, laundress, food buyer, chauffer, gardener, practical nurse, and maintenance worker. However, she receives no pay and has to ask her husband for money for basically everything. It is remarkable that most women still rush to fill such a position.
Housewife can be described as a married woman that usually don’t have a job outside the house, she is in charge of taking care of the kids,
Mothers may work in an office from nine to five, but their work does not end at the office. After working an eight-hour day, a mother will come home to take care of her children, husband, and house. Women remain the primary caretaker and housekeeper of a family, and are also the primary caregiver for the elderly (Kelly, Garrett). All of this makes for a very demanding schedule.