And how can we make it happen?
2007-05-15 19:29:58 · 13 answers · asked by Croa 6 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
equal rights amendment could have done it, but as we all know, it never got ratified. even if it did, people's attitudes would still have to change (this is asking for a lot). today, we have equal employment opportunity, civil rights, and other protections at the federal level, so equality must be obstructed by much more subdued and underhanded means.
given the wording of this question, i have the feeling that you are speaking in much broader and much more global terms.
in order to promote equality for everyone, people need access basic human needs like eating, clean water and medicine. where's the equality when there are many who die of preventable causes? every living person represents a lifetime of potential and the ability to affect so many other lives. more people living means more voices and more people united for their common cause. everything will fall into place once this happens.
i anticipate the next major wave of uproarious revolution (and feminism) to occur in the world's most impoverished places. having an awareness and visibility of the situation is the first necessary step.
the inequality that we speak of comes from a lack of sensitivity and understanding. can we realize that hatred hasn't solved anything?
2007-05-15 20:29:05 · answer #1 · answered by Daniel 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Since the root of all corruption and power is money, the logical answer would seem to be leveling out the wealth. But, horror of horrors, that is called communism. And because IT has been corrupted and demonized, the original benevolent concept no longer exists.
I don't think humans are capable of equality for everyone. Even though I support and promote the idea, I don't believe it is achievable. It goes against the evolutionary principle "survival of the fittest." Thes best we can do is create laws that come close, and apply them as objectively as possible. But just because the end goal is technically impossible does not mean we should stop moving in that direction. Every baby step closer to equality improves us as a society.
2007-05-16 07:27:24 · answer #2 · answered by not yet 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think if our society was sure to protect and support the most vulnerable members, we'd be much closer to equality. Specifically, we must put more in place to help support children, the elderly, and the disabled. As it is now, only a person's ability to work for pay seems to matter when we discuss how to help support him.
For example, I am raising a disabled child, who at 3 years old, could simply not be in day care unless it was with a nurse. Even though this effectivly disables *me* from working, I get nothing. If *I* was the disabled one, I'd get SSD benefits. My taxes, on the other hand, pay for a wealthy two-income couple to put their own child in day care. The same is true for anyone else who takes on the burden of caring for others. If you are related to the person you care for, there is practically no government support of what you do. Since the majority of caregivers are female, this one change alone would help to level the playing field between men and women.
Instead our society rewards those who throw aging parents into nursing homes, spends $2000 a month to put a perfectly non-abused child into foster care (but won't give him mom $350 a month), and gives substantial tax breaks to anyone who uses institutional child care - but nothing to mom, dad, or grandma if they choose to provide that care themselves. Women can only do well financially if they act like clones of men and let other people do all the caregiving. This is not a true equality at all. It is a sign that our society so values men's contributions that only someone who was just working for pay a month ago is considered "deserving" of unemployment benefits. The majority of women's contributions to our society are brushed away as "non-essential" to our economy.
2007-05-16 14:32:18 · answer #3 · answered by Junie 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Equal representation and presentation of the facts as they relate to all issues delt with in he media. No more gender specific biases when reporting the news or the details of an occurence.
2007-05-16 03:35:57 · answer #4 · answered by Ashleigh 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
All right you want equality here is what has to happen. (I believe it's a farce) forget all about that feminism crap. It's a no go. When you do the crime you do the time and no your better half can not do your sentence for you. You will repeat after me: I am not a man. I am not as strong as a man. I cannot do everything a man can do. I used the word everything on purpose. I will not resort to abusing other people; yes some of your kind are cruelly abusive.
There that's my answer.
2007-05-16 08:18:47 · answer #5 · answered by Laela (Layla) 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
All pass a Common Aptitude test in Mathematics and soccer.
2007-05-17 23:32:50 · answer #6 · answered by sensekonomikx 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Send women to Iraq to the combat units. Do you really want to be equal?? Be carefull what you ask for, you just might get it.
2007-05-16 20:47:09 · answer #7 · answered by sweneysteve 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I would like there to be no killing on the planet for 1 day.
I have no idea how to bring that about.
2007-05-16 02:46:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The legalization of criminal prosecution for the preaching of hatred in churches.
2007-05-16 02:32:37 · answer #9 · answered by Lonnie J 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Equality in names. Everyone has the same name. Impossible to discriminate then.
The real progressives of womens studies are making it happen.
eric h: Killing everyone on the planet would do it........
2007-05-16 02:40:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋