Jordan Wilson
October 22, 2010
5:17pm
This article states that the number of men living “on the planet” is substantially greater than that of the female population. It goes on to say that this inequality is also present in the political world with 14 female heads of state and 13 females as heads of the world’s 500 largest corporations. The World’s Women 2010 Report finds that the rate of enrollment for girls in primary school has increased seven percent and that 49 versus 36 percent of women and men (respectively) in Central Africa and the Middle East still remain illiterate. The article also touched on issues of lower wages for women, despite higher education, and the prevalence of physical, sexual, psychological and economic abuse endured by women.
As I read this article, I felt myself getting more and more aggravated by it. It is not very well written and while it does provide some supporting facts, it does not bother to elaborate on them. Some of the language used struck me as odd. For example, the use of the phrase “on the planet” took me aback. It does not seem like a scholarly way to make the point. Also, the word “ladies” instead of “women” or “females” made the article feel more juvenile and relaxed, instead of informational and insightful. The last big paragraph in which the author mentioned “social-biological nature of a human being” as a cause for the inequality further irritated me because the example is not an example of a socio-biological explanation. There is nothing biological about inequality. I do believe that the author meant to say “cultural,” in which case, he/she would be more accurate.
1 comment:
I think that the new generation needs to step up and put more women in to governmental or high power positions. It is the new generation that can solve this problem. I agree with the statement that "women can do what men can do", the problem is there needs to be more women willing to step up and take this position and exceed what men expect them to do.
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