Gender Inequality In The United States

Gender inequality has been a debated issue for centuries. The rights and roles of both women and men have been contested for innumerable times, and this has never ceased to be a controversial topic. Still, it appears that western cultures, although far from boasting gender equal societies, have progressed further towards having an environment of equal opportunity for any gender in comparison to some other cultures around the globe. On the other hand, due to the increasingly growing globalisation, during the past few decades migration has completely changed western demographics; they now encompass a more diverse environment with different cultures, and bringing with them different core values and beliefs. The problem arises because some of these …show more content…
More specifically, with a focus on the power imbalances between women and men, especially considering the different perceptions, roles and rights of women and men in certain cultures, this essay will try to answer whether under a liberal Rawlsian view would one consider multiculturalism as proposed by C. Kukathas a fair and just model to follow? Furthermore, it will ask where it the case that multiculturalism proved to be unjust, whether the state should intervene to change the unjust …show more content…
This will be supported by works from Susan Okin, Martha Nussbaum and Anne Phillips. Moreover, the essay will look into two small case studies to show how two different cultures, which would be supported under Kukathas’ ideas, prove to be unjust to both women and men. The first case will be about Afghanistan, where 90% of the women consider that male violence towards their wives can be justified. This will serve to argue that the culture that Afghan women grow up in, socialises them into accepting this inequality. The second case study will be about the Muoso town, where woman have most power in the society. This goes to the extent that when women get pregnant, the father has no say in deciding whether he can have a role in the child’s upbringing, and might not even know if a woman has his child. This case will serve to argue that it is not only that multiculturalism hinders women to have equal rights as men, but also men to have equal rights as women in certain societies. This will be backed with data from UNICEF, the Clinton Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the World Values

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