Write short notes on
gender and gender bias
Contents
A.
Introduction
B. Meaning
of gender
C.
Difference between Gender and sex
D. Meaning
of gender bias
E. Reason of
gender bias
F. How we
eliminate gender bias
G.
Conclusion
Below
are the full details........
A. Introduction
Gender
is the division of people into two categories, “men” and “women.”
Gender bias is behaviour that shows favouritism
toward one gender over another. Most often, gender bias is the act of favouring
men and/or boys over women and/or girls. However, this is not always the case.
Here we will
read about the meaning of gender, difference between gender vs sex , cause of
gender bias etc etc
B. Meaning of gender
Gender is a
socially constructed definition of women and men.
or we can say Gender is the division of people
into two categories, “men” and “women.”
The
term socially constructed means the society norms and its culture sets roles to male and females.
C. Difference between Gender and
sex
D. Meaning of gender bias
Gender bias
is a preference or priority towards one gender over other
Gender bias
can be conscious or unconscious in nature.
Example-
sports activity for boys is taken more
seriously as compared to girls and this mentality or stereotype leads to less
funding for women Sports ,less training
Centre for women and also very less facility are available for women
E. Reason of gender bias
(i)
Poverty
(ii)
Lack of employment facilities .
(iii)Social
customs, beliefs and practices.
(iv)Lack
of awareness among women.
(v)Lack
of education.
Below are
the full details ....
(i) Poverty:
Poverty
means not having enough money to meet basic needs including food, clothing and
shelter.
Mostly in poor family the women are force to
do only household work , and the men are free to do any type of economical work
or activity
(ii) Lack of
employment facilities -
Most of the women of under developed
counties are supposed to do the simple household works and this household works are and productive and
unpaid jobs.
Where as male member are given more opportunities to develop their
skills and to practice paid and economical jobs.
(iii) Social
customs, beliefs and practices-
Mostly in underdeveloped countries , the social
customs-old belief and old practices are still continuing and this type of practices leads to gender bias.
Here the men
have dominated the women in every fields.
For
example, In the religious activity, are
supposed to conduct by a male member where as the low level work are supposed
to practice by women .
Another
examples dowry system of India, sati pratha, burkha system for Muslim women etc
etc
iv) Lack of
awareness among women-
It has been found that most of the women are
unaware about their basic fundamental rights and capabilities.
Article
15 of Indian constitution tells us about not to discriminate any individuals on
the basis of their sex or gender.
(v) Lack of
education-
Education is the only key for
eliminating the discrimination and gender bias , recent data of government
shows that education has helped the woman to
become self independent, education also helping the woman and man to
become productive –creative-knowledgeable
etc etc
F. How we eliminate gender bias
à
The
most effective solution for eliminating gender bias and discrimination is
provide strong education to the society.
à We must give equal opportunity and
salary for both men and women.
à Strong rules and laws must implemented
towards any crime against women or discrimination against women.
à We must create awareness among the
society and specially parents about the
bad effects of old customs ,old
stereotypes related to women.
G.
Conclusion
At
last it can be concluded that both men and women are the part of a society and
we must respect each other, he must not discriminate any individual on the
basis of their gender-sex-religion-caste etc etc
Development of society is the first step towards development of a nation
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