Key Definitions:
Gender Equality: This is whereby all genders(males & females) are given equal responsibilities, right as well as opportunities such that none of them will be seen as powerful, important or uniques than the other.
Girl Emperwoment: Girl Emperwoment is the situation whereby girls or women are given the right to have power and control over their personal life and encourage the girl-child to do more than the society expects to see.
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We believe that both men and women deserve the best of life and one do not to be given much more attention or accolades than the other. In our societies, there are numerous times we see women or girls go through a lot of difficulties to get their voices heard and to get some important roles to play in this world. Women furthermore are given sorts of restrictions over their freedom of association and participation in a lot of things in the community. This is not a case of only a remote area but an issue across the world. In this case, most people believe that the girl-child or women should be given special, exceptional, extra and careful attention rather than channelling it to men. Is that what society’s definition of gender equality is? Well, let’s take a ride.
In this case, we believe that the male gender is sidelined and with the forgetfulness that, they also suffer too. Even though it must’ve not been as serious as the women or the girl-child but at least there is a percentage right? The abilities of men are sometimes degraded only with the thought to try to make the women or the girl-child feel special and unique to do more in the quest to dump the spirit of the boys or men. Is this the gender equality we spread around? Making the other gender much more important than the other? Equality?
Women are one of the most important creatures on earth, no doubt but if we seek the face of equality, shouldn’t there be equal treatment and unbiased judgement and treatment in this case? Boys or men are other ways, allowed to work extra hard to prove their worth, if they are then mixed up with women in a contest, the woman tends to be accoladed of being great, bold, determined and is encouraged to do more. What about the man? Who’s there to tell him to do more, create more room for others and pursue what he does? There is a lot of things we can all do to help the gender-equality agender, I think.
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Most times do we see in our communities, women are seen as feeble beings so lots of things go in favour of them. Men are then encouraged to work much harder and harder to earn a spot while the women are given free or less stressful spots because they are women. The men are pushed to the front and women are motivated to try to do much better than the boys, and this is how to solve gender discrimination. Even though, I like the fact that women are pushing so hard to get what they want. They are getting society’s attentions Nd support that other generations, deceased ago never had. The girl emperwoment programs on TV, radio and on social media is being an effective way to get the women to go for gold with lots of zeal, interest, vigour and speed. It is the quest to race out with boys. I guess. Lol.
As said by Swami Vivekananda
“There is no chance for the welfare of the world unless the condition of women is improved. It is not possible for a bird to fly on only one wing.”
She is absolutely right, and we all see improvement in this move. Girls or women are pushing much harder.
With personal experiences, there are lots of feminists such as Malala Yousafzai, Gloria Steinem, Angela Davis, Mary Wollstonecraft, Betty Friedan, Hillary Clinton, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Audre Lorde, Michelle Obama, Andrea Dworkin, Tarana Burke, Sheryl Sandberg, Nancy Pelosi, Alice Paul, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Patrisse Cullors, Coretta Scott King, Janet Mock and Margaret Atwood claiming their seat on this note and they are doing a great job. Sometimes, I get pained and feel sorry for the men on this note. This is something almost everyone’s attention is not on. People see that, women deserve better every day because a man is born to suffer to bring out the best in himself. If a woman is given a soft spot, all the attention and support leaving the man, is this not equally questionable? This stands to be corrected. Maybe things are going on wrong but little do we know. We can do better than this.
In as much as women are given the necessary attention and support to get back on their feet, don’t men deserve equal opportunities and empowerment?
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Gender-equality. Are We Doing It Right?
The question on the table here is; should we encourage the girl-child to do more or put in much work and expect the boy to build up energy inwardly? Or must we promote the hard work of the girl-child and assume that the strength of the boy should or is natural so he doesn’t deserve enough accolades than the man?
This question has been on the worry list of most people but doesn’t seem to get it sitting on their understanding bench. If we fight for equality, why then must girls be treated special rather than both genders be treated equally, and fairly? We can all accept that everything surrounding the ‘gender equality thing is just an outburst of worry. This is simply raised to encourage women to do more of the work men do. If that’s the definition of the topic, I don’t know.
Should a lady be seen as outstanding when she competes with 5 boys in competition and grabs the 4th position just because she is bold enough to compete with the boys?
Personal Opinion
If we shall seek gender equality, then I think everyone should be given equal, unbiased and indiscriminate d opportunities in life as most people (feminists) yell for. If women are pointed out to be brave or intelligent or bold enough to compete or challenge with boys, then I think there is still lots of work to do.
For example
Desmond and Emmy should be seen as equal. They should be given equal tasks and responsibilities irrespective of their strengths and weaknesses or even gender. That is what ‘gender equality’ seems to achieve.
Emmy should not be seen as a strong and determined lady just because she was able to man-up to challenge or compete with Desmond.
Emmy should not be over empowered, praised and supported more than Desmond just because ‘men are naturally fit enough for every task’. That should cease.
Emmy’s hard work should not be given more attention than necessary when Desmond had earned the spot. But Emmy enjoys the glory because she is a woman.
Both Emmy and Desmond are capable of doing anything at any given time with an equal set of treatment.
Poet Nazir is a writer and an editor here on ThePoetsHub. Outside this space, he works as a poet, screenwriter, author, relationship adviser and a reader. He is also the founder & lead director of PNSP Studios, a film production firm.
