A World without Equality

written by Anne Bernice Cheng

Have you ever wondered why some people result to committing suicide due to people insulting him because of his gender? If not, then you are probably not yet that familiar of the issue today which is gender inequality. So what exactly is gender inequality? Gender inequality is a “practice” in which people show unequal rights to each gender. It is also considered as showing unequal treatment to an individual because of his/her gender. It is an issue today that could make a person feel bad about himself. This is why we have to stop gender inequality in our world.



I honestly think that gender inequality should be stopped already. Before, gender inequality has also been present, but gender inequality should never be present in this world. There are a lot of reasons why gender inequality is still present today: unequal rights in education, work, and more, limited number of emotions and characteristics that each gender should have, and judgment to people who are different.

First of all, I have already heard of stories like, “A woman is paid less than a man for doing the same job.” or “Boys are the only ones who are allowed to study because the duty of a girl is just to take care of the baby and to do the household chores.” Giving unequal rights started a very long time ago in China. It is when the boys are supposed to study while the girl cannot. Also, the men are considered to be more superior to the women. This is why there are some issues in which men are paid more than the women these days.

Second is that sometimes, men are not allowed to show specific emotions that would make them feel bad about themselves. It is said that men should always show strong characteristics and not weak characteristics, men should always look strong while women should always look neat and tidy. If an individual is not able to show those characteristics, they are always given bad impressions and bad thoughts. For example, if a man was not able to show how strong he is, he is said to be weak, or even called as a “girl”. Then if a woman is not able to show how neat and tidy she is, people might say that she is not a true lady or something. The truth is that men and women are made to show their true emotions to the people around them and not such a “rule” exists here in this world.

Lastly, there are some possibilities that an individual would be judged by others because of him being different form his/her gender. It may be rare for us to see it but it is usually felt within a person only. They may look normal outside but inside, they are actually having problems with the people around them. It is usually the men who experience this but both genders actually experience this problem.

With all these situations that every individual experience, we could say that gender inequality is present in every country. Even though it would sound hard to stop, it is still possible if we become aware with it and take action already. There are a lot of ways that we could stop it. We could start accepting people’s emotions and by not judging them. Then, this certain issue would slowly fade away and we could just enjoy our life here on Earth without being mistreated by our gender. So, we should take action now while there is still a lot of time. We can stop it so long as we do it all together as one.