What
is the first thought you think about when you hear the word equality?
Personally, the first thing that comes up in my mind is equality between women
and men. If we consider society today, there is no justice between genders. The
most laws and formal rules give the same rights and make the same demands on
women as men but the society is much more than laws and written rules that’s
why the most of those laws are not enforced in real life. However, will
equality between men and women ever occur?
Equality
means that men and women should have the same rights and opportunities in all
cases, in addition no one should be treated differently because of his gender.
Everyone should have the same right to decide on their bodies and sexuality,
and the same opportunities to influence society and their own lives.
Firstly,
I think that the equality between men and women is still a burning issue, since
the establishment of the feminism. Although they have achieved a lot of
convergence of rights and have worked to improve the status of women in the society,
but there is no doubt that they still have some aims that they could not
achieve yet.
Despite
a very positive development of gender equality in recent year, such as woman’s
right to equal opportunity, education and in employment. However, there still
exist incidences of gender disparities in various occupations and careers. The
history mostly shows men in the positions of power and higher payment. I think
it can be difficult to get society equally in a brief period. It’s a process
that started a few decades ago and it will take a while before we get equality
and equal treatment in the case of job payments. For instance, in many
professions women continue to earn less than men, and are less likely to
advance in their careers compared to men. Thus, the real gender equality in workplaces
can only be attained when employees have access to and enjoy the same rewards,
resources and opportunities regardless of whether they are a woman or a man.
On
the other hand, some women today think that feminism get a bit more aggressive
toward men and the men have become victims of women’s ego and that women have
had enough of their rights. But this thought is wrong because in many countries,
a lot of women still deprived of their most basic rights, such as education,
expression of opinion and employment etc. Furthermore, there is a part of men who
believe that women should stay home and take care of their children, cook and
tidy up the house.
All
human has the right to work and to the same employment opportunities. Wherefore I think that the business organizations should
therefore strive towards the removal of barriers to the full and equal
participation of men and woman in the workforce. Men and women should have
equal chances to employment opportunities based on their qualification and
competence.
In
the conclusion I think that workplaces should eliminate any forms of gender
discrimination on the grounds of marital status, pregnancy or maternity. The
achievement of gender equality in the workplace is not only fair, but also very
important to get a good working environment which lead to a brighter future and
better society.
This
text is a contribution to the debate about equality between women and men and
what is the rights women lacked until now. I hope you get a more straight
attitude towards women after reading this text.
