Question

write an article on gender inequality examining how does it

affects both males and females in a society . Also, suggest some ways to

overcome the same.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Discrimination against women and girls is a pervasive and long-running phenomenon that characterises Indian society at every level.

India’s progress towards gender equality, measured by its position on rankings such as the Gender Development Index has been disappointing, despite fairly rapid rates of economic growth.

In the past decade, while Indian GDP has grown by around 6%, there has been a large decline in female labour force participation from 34% to 27%. The male-female wage gap has been stagnant at 50% (a recent survey finds a 27% gender pay gap in white-collar jobs).

Crimes against women show an upward trend, in particular brutal crimes such as rapes, dowry deaths, and honour killings. These trends are disturbing as a natural prediction would be that with growth comes education and prosperity, and a possible decline in adherence to traditional institutions and socially prescribed gender roles that hold women back.

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

Gender inequality is not perpetuated exclusively through differential access to and control over material

resources. Gender norms and stereotypes reinforce gendered identities and constrain the behaviour of

women and men in ways that lead to inequality (Ridgeway, 2011). We therefore also explore trends in some

key indicators of gender inequality in norms, using data from four waves of the World Values Survey.

Any approach to analysing global trends in gender equality must be cognizant of the fact that not all gender

disparities favour men. For example, trends in educational attainment in recent years indicate gender reversals

in some countries, with women’s educational attainment exceeding men’s. Evidence of male disadvantage

is important to identify for intrinsic reasons and also because declines in men’s absolute well-being could

lead to resistance to policies that promote gender equality. In

promoting greater equality, whether by class, race or gender, the

most politically feasible strategy is to achieve this goal without

lowering the standard of living of the dominant (i.e., male) group.

This suggests that, in evaluating gender trends in inequality,

we also want to know whether greater gender equality has

occurred in an environment of stagnating, declining or rising

male well-being.