GENDER

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Gender inequality is amongst us all in any given society. Although gender is not as simple as may seem. Gender comes into play along with a number of different aspects such as sex, gender and gender roles. Each of these aspects play a significant part when speaking of the different social problems. While it is true men and women's roles in the workplace are becoming closer in equality, there is still a great amount of room for improvement. For example, woman in upper management should receive the same amount of pay as her male coworker receives for the same job. From a female perspective, I would say she deserves more pay than the male because chances are she still has to go home, prepare dinner, sit down and help both her children with their nightly homework, and work up a presentation she needs to give at this week's PTA meeting. In our society, gender roles are present but I feel they are not beneficial to either sex. Women are portrayed as physically weaker, but that is because as a general rule they are physically weaker. It is not so much an evil conspiracy by "the man" but an observation of an obvious fact. It has been proven that gender roles are not something that society determines, but that nature determines. A 1997 Time Magazine story illustrates this point. "John" was born a normal baby boy, however in a tragic accident his penis was damaged beyond repair by a circumcision that went wrong. The parents then decided the child's best shot at normal life was as an anatomically correct woman and therefore the baby was castrated (Gorman, 1997).