Gender Inequality In Italy

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The persons that make up the Italian Community are fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, grandparents, uncles, aunties, and cousins. Priests of the communities Catholic Churches, and other significant religious figures within the Church, also make up the community too. The environment in which the Italian Community resides in is widespread across Adelaide, Australia. These cities include Newton, Norwood, Hectorvile, Campbelltown, Salisbury, and Golden Grove. However, from the consequences of the Second World War, and the economic difficulties in Italy within the 1940s-1950s, the Italian community once used this environment to seek refugee only. Whilst there are still new Italian members that join the community, from interstate or internationally, much of the environment is now their country of origin. This trend is likely to expand in the future, as 2% of Adelaide’s population structure is made up of Italian’s (Marji, 2016). There are also numerous places where the Italian Community comes together and regularly attends. Places such as Campania Club’s, which is a food and recreational facility, are usually attended every Friday, for families to spend time together, and to connect with the whole community as one. Whilst members still do use …show more content…

This aforementioned interview stated that ‘the women make more of the serious decisions on how events should be held and when, whilst the men do more of the physical labour in assisting these events’ (Ruggerio, 2016). This distinct role for males and females have been naturally brought into present times from past generations, and is most likely to occur in future generations too. This is because it is seen as simply seen as being the easiest way for the community to operate together, rather than a way for the females to gain more power over the

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