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in order to solve this injustice and I will mention some other policy proposals to this problem
offered by other scholars as well. Ultimately, by analysing all these arguments, I will reach
the conclusion that even if the gendered distribution of labour is sustained through adults’
voluntary choices, it is still unjust, because societal pressure influences these voluntary
choices.
II.
The Gender Justice Principle
To get to know the gendered distribution of labour even better, scholars such as Anca Gheaus
(2012) offers us an explanation as to why this is an unjust matter, even if the choice is a
voluntary one. She proposes and defends a principle of gender justice which has at its base a
variety of gender injustices. This principle entails that a gender-neutral lifestyle would be the
best option, and the least costly for both men and women who live in a world of gender
justice. This principle endorses liberal egalitarian justice, meaning that the individual has
freedom of choice, and equality of access. The author illustrates this principle by discussing
the gendered division of labour, which she believes, among many liberal egalitarians, that it
is unjust.
Gheaus believes that a person is subject to gender injustice whenever they suffer because of
their sex, however, sometimes it is difficult to identify gender injustice. In some places
gender injustice is easy to identify. Things such as lack of legal rights and violence towards
women, discrimination, unequal pay and etc. can be easily identified as gender injustices.
Furthermore, gender injustices that are not that easy to identify are cases when women
willingly accept to have a full-time job, as well as taking care of the children, household etc.
And in cases of divorce, women find it very difficult to do double shifts, as a full-time
caregiver with a full-time job. These are voluntary choices made by women, but just because
they are voluntary, that does not mean that it does not fall into the category of gender
injustice. It just means that these women adapt their preferences to fit the gender norms.
There are three ways in which gender norms affect a person’s individual choice: (1) gender
bias is not controllable, it is at a more unconscious level; (2) there are certain gender
expectations people try to fulfil in order to please others; and (3) gender expectations
generate “statistical discrimination”, a structural feature of work markets. This means that:
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