Category: Gender Equality

While Gilmans The Yellow Wallpaper and Kincaids Girl share many similarities, important aspects of the structure of both stories differ in various ways including literary devices and the use of settings. Gilmans short story is able to connect gender inequality experienced by women in the 1890s and how they have not been treated as equal…

Over the last 40 years, UK government and policy makers have been focused on gender equality, as a rather recent phenomenon as we migrate into modern society. With the UK behind many European countries in achieving equality, as issues of monopsony override policies that are attempted to be implemented. Nancy fraser (1994) proposes models of…

Emma Watson and Malala Yousafzai both speak to their specific audiences to strive for their common purpose which is having gender equality worldwide. Emma Watson is launching a campaign called HeForShe. She wants to end gender inequality for good. By presenting her campaign to the United Nations members she is getting the attention of the…

In our world today there are a lot of people who deal with depression according to ADAA 322 million people worldwide live with depression. In 2014, around 15.7 million adults age 18 or older in the U.S. had experienced at least one major depressive episode in the last year (6.7% of adults in the U.S.).…

The progressive era was a time when Americans were in the process of rebuilding the country and improving the lives of individuals. During this time, women truly found their voice. They became leaders in social and political movements and advocated for equality. As a female activist, Kate Chopin shared her stories targeting repressed, married women…

Jane Eyre (1847), written by Charlotte Bronte explores gender issues that are centred around females that are considered as the second sex under the domination of men. Woman autonomy is part of gender troubles which turns into a challenge of feminist. During the mid-1800s women were socially and finally deemed as depended on males, as…

This essay will discuss the extent to which spiritual and moral equality for women is claimed in Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice through the comparison of female protagonist Elizabeth Bennet to male counterpart Fitzwilliam Darcy and other female characters such as Lydia Bennet and Caroline Bingley. It will discuss elements such as syntax structure, views…

During the 19th century, the role of women and men was sharply defined as a line that may never be crossed. Men were dictated to work while their wives were attending to their domestic duties. Likewise, women were forced to adhere to the standards placed on them such as preparing themselves for marriage. The ideology…

Giving women their rights was a great and serious issue in the past. Women were not treated equally as men do. This problem of females is also shown in Charlotte Perkins Gilmans short story The yellow wallpaper. In this story, the gender roles and feministic ideas are presented beautifully. Women earlier were under pressure to…

Here we will discuss women equality quotes and sayings. We would like to mention that women’s quality is also known as gender equality or equality of the genders. This equality shows that men and women always receive equal treatment. In most countries, women dont have equal rights and freedom. In other words, we can say…