The History Of Gender Inequality

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Many people who are against the support for help benefit women in becoming equal argue, women don 't provide a proper education level, women are not are mentally stable, or they are not physically compatible with men. Gender inequalities have been an issue women faces for many generations. Women have been treated as homemakers and are told to aid the men and children. As a woman, we are strong, wise, and can do anything a man can do. Some women, such as athlete can do it better. Today 's society has changed over the past few years, women have become single parents, laws are being looped by big businesses. People have passed down gender inequality against women from learned behavior, religious values, political and government backgrounds, and hold biased views on single-partner households. Our sex should not determine how we should be treated or looked at; if we are capable of doing similar tasks that men do, why should men stop us?
History of gender Inequality
The existence of the pay gap was used to help favor the males when it came to rights, wealth, freedom, and marriage. Gender Inequality is defined as" the disparity in status, power, and prestige between people who identify as men and women" (Ferro, 1). Before sailing to America, Native Americans would have women preserve …show more content…

A single parent household has been stereotyped as a place where women are the main contributors. They are also women who don 't have or hold a job and rely on the government to provide for themselves and for their kid(s). However, from personal experience it can be the opposite in some states. In fact, "single mothers are more than twice as likely to be unemployed (12 percent) compared with mothers in married-couple families (5 percent); and the majority of employed single mothers—59 percent—are working in retail, service, and administrative jobs that typically provide low wages and few benefits" (Mather,

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