Essay On Gender Equality

Sweden is mainly known by Americans by Ikea, H&M, and Saab. But most might not know that Sweden has gender equality. Yes, we have plenty of Ikeas and H&Ms and a dwindling amount of Saabs; but the United States of America doesn 't have “gender equality”. The land of the free doesn’t have equality among the genders, neither among races but that topic is for a different time. Men and women should share the same rights despite the stigma society places on both genders for something they can and cannot do. It’s obvious now that the young adults of America are tired of the inequality that women face compared to men. America and other countries around the world need to realize that men and women need to be equal to each other because

The main argument towards gender equality is that most say that “women already have equal rights”. Women do have rights, the rights the men set on them from an early age. Women are taught to be a housewife, a mother, and an object of the male mind. Women are getting more opportunities now days compared to the history of gender dynamics in this country. Women are earning less compared to men. Women are objectified by the media as sexual items despite the fact that men want a modest woman. And women are still considered the other part of a man, the one who takes his name. No, women are not receiving the same rights as men; The Equal Rights Amendment is not even passed. Another misconception about gender equality is a little word called “feminism”. Most think that feminism is a belief for women, made by women to overthrow the patriarchy. If you look in the dictionary, Feminism is “the belief that men and women should have equal

The main argument for gender roles is that there will always be gender roles due to the fact that men can’t reproduce. Men is “supposed” to provide order in the house, while women take care of the children. The consensus of opinions is that “without gender roles there would be confusion and chaos” (Debate.org). This opinion doesn’t truly see the fact that women are expected by society to conform to these roles from the beginning of time. Women’s supposed roles are cooking, cleaning, and being a submissive wife/mother. There is a recent shift in culture that men are taking over the roles in the household while women go out into the workforce. A prime example is of this is Househusbands of Hollywood, a show in which men are the caretakers of the house and the children. Meanwhile the women go out to work. Men are in different roles, but women still having the children. Just because women have the children, it doesn’t mean that they have to take care of them. Just because men don’t have the children, it doesn’t mean they can’t care for them. Men don’t always have to be the heavy hand in the house, yet society sets a high pressure on men to be tough and mainly to set a good example for a possible son. Gender roles set an unrealistic set of beliefs on men and women because it discourage both of them from being different from the norm, and also keeping men in