TED KOCAELİ COLLEGE / 9-B
Is It A Dream : Gender Equality ?
Yağmur AKAR
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Gender equality , besides being a fundamental human right , is essential to achieve peaceful societies with full human potential and sustainable development . Gender equality requires both genders to be paid the same for the job they do , to get equal education , to get the same legal protections and to have the same religious freedom . We are in 2021 but unfortunately no country could ensure gender equality .
Women and men are anatomically different , but this difference should not make a difference between the two genders in work life , education , justice or anywhere else . Being different physically does not mean that one of the genders is better or worse . Gender equality doesn ’ t mean man-hating . People who support gender equality are not anti-man , they just believe the genders should not have discrimination among themselves .
I believe that women should be paid the same as their male colleagues , that women should be represented as much as men , that women should be broadcasted as much as men in mass media , technology sector , executive suit and female entrepreneurs should receive funding and investment as much as men .
Gender inequality is not an issue that just concerns women . It is also men ’ s issue . For instance , the father ’ s role as a parent is being valued less by the society . This sensation among people brings gender inequalities . People are trying to engrave men and women . They define women as physically and mentally sensitive , as if they are weak , as if they are made of glass . They define men as not having emotional reactions , as if they cannot be sensitive , as they always need to be physically and mentally strong , as if they are made of stone . All this stereotyping causes men to become self-enclosed and insecure because of the fear of being unsuccessful . Men feel pressure about being a ‘ real man ’, they are more likely to drink much , take unhealthy risks and engage in violence , they are less likely to seek professional help or talk about their problems with friends or family , they are more likely to commit suicide . If men don ’ t need to be aggressive to be accepted by the society , women won ’ t need to obey . If men don ’ t have to control , women won ’ t have to be controlled . Both genders should feel free to be sensitive or strong . If we stop defining each other by what we are not and start defining ourselves by who we are , each gender can all be more free in terms of their actions . Both men and women are human and human show emotional reactions . If we get out of this mindset and stop stereotyping people , our mothers , daughters , and sisters can be free from prejudice and our fathers , sons , and brothers will have permission to be vulnerable and human as well .
Gender equality is a goal for the United Nations to build sustainable development . Gender equality concerns all genders and all age groups . Inequality between genders makes a nation ’ s chance to raise an equal , sustainable and well-educated citizens less . My dream for 2021 is to ensure gender equality all over the world and I want everyone to be involved in it . Let us achieve gender equality by making small but sufficient changes in our lives such as stopping stereotyping people and accepting people as who they are .