PRESENTATION ON : “GENDER EQUALITY ”
“GENDER EQUALITY”
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DEFINITION : Rights, Rights, responsibil responsibilities ities and opportunitie opportunities s of women and men will not depend on whether they are born mala or female.
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Gender equality is based on human rights, which are human beings’ possibility: to live, to be expressed freely, to be educated, to create and develop his/her activities consistently to the law.
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WOMAN’S WOMAN’S POSITION : In all all coun countr trie ies, s, the the role role of the the wom woman an in the the soci society ety rema remain ins s a huge huge prob proble lem. m. This This happens because for centuries the role of the woman was very downgraded.
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Why was the t he role of women downgraded? 1. Women Women were physica physically lly less less strong strong than men and undertook all the house works, which were easier. 2. Woman: Woman: was obliged obliged with procreatio procreation n and couldn’t couldn’t part partic icip ipat ate e in the the prod product uctio ion, n, whic which h was was men’s men’s obligation, as they were stronger. 3. The deficien deficiency cy of the educati education on helped helped the woman woman to accept her role passively.
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Nowad Nowadays ays,, femini feminism sm raises raises.. “Femin “Feminism ism suppor supports ts that the essential assumption for the improvement of society comp compri rise ses s the the equa equali lity ty of the the two two gend gender ers s in ever every y human activity sector; financial, political and social.”
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WOMEN’S RIGHTS : ~ 200 years ago: women had few rights. Not allowed to vot vote.
Were ere
consid sidered
thei theirr
father
or
husband’s
property. ~ mid of 19th cent.: cent.: women women demand demanded ed equali equality ty with with men. men. They want wanted ed suffrage (the right to vote in elec electi tio ons) ns), an equa equall cha chance nce with with men men to work work and and education. They demanded the right to have their own belong belonging ings, s, to divorc divorce e their their husban husbands ds and keep their their children after divorce. ~ by 1920s: women won some ‘battles’ for their right to vote and education.
~ liberation movement in 1960s : women renewed their figh fightt for for equa equall righ rights ts.. The The new new wave wave of prot protes estt was was called “the women’s”.
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“WOMEN’S LIBERATION MOVEMENT” : During 1960s and 1970s 1970s women’ women’s s libera liberatio tion n moveme movement nt fought fought for furthe furtherr
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improvements in women’s rights. Women demonstrated for: 1. equa equall pay pay 2. better better health health care care 3. an end to pornog pornograp raphy hy and violence violence against against women. The fight for women’s rights was also called feminism and invo invollved ved
many many dedic edicat ated ed
women omen..
The The
firs firstt
organ rganiz ized ed
demand for the vote occurred in the United States in 1848.
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In 1905 1905,, a Brit Britis ish h newsp ewspa aper per used used the the word word suffragette to insult women who were fighting for their right to vote.
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Many Many suff suffra rag gette ettes s broke roke the the law law and and went ent to prison for their beliefs.
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Wome Women n who who used used peac peacef eful ul mean means s to obta obtain in the the vote were called suffragists .
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In 1918 British women over 30 gained the right to vote.
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SEXIST VOCABULARY •
Some of the most important linguistic changes affecting English since 1960s have arisen from the way society has has com come to look look diff differ eren entl tly y at the the prac practi tice ces s and consequences of sexism of sexism .
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Vocabu Vocabular lary: y: attent attention ion focused focused on the replac replaceme ement nt of ‘male’ words with a generic meaning of neutral items. Eg. “chairman “chairman ” becoming “chairperson” OR “salesman ” becoming “sales assistant”. Vocabulary of marital status also a.ffected Eg. in the induction of Ms as a neutral alternative to Mrs and Miss.
EQUALITY IN EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT TODAY: •
Women’s Women’s employ employmen mentt rates rates have have risen risen BUT the quality of their employment remains far below that of men.
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Compared to men, women still face unequal pay for for work work of equa equall valu value e and and uneq unequa uall prom promot otio ion n prospects.
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They also face a greater likelihood of experiencing unemployment and poverty.
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CONCLUSION •
Men Men and and wome women n hav have to unde unders rsta tand nd they they are are both both equal beings and they both have human capacities. So on they have to reconcile, to coexist and to collaborate for the prosperity of the society.
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Men
should
be
exempted
by
the
psychology
of
superiority against women AND (should be exempted) by the psychology of downgraded. •
Society has to restore the role of woman not only in regulations, but also in men’s consciousness.
“The oppression of the woman is social racism, BUT the equality of the genders is a victory of the human dignity.”
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