To what extent are men and women equal in other aspects of their lives?

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To what extent are men and women equal in other aspects of their lives?

There are many aspects within society today were women and men are treated equally theses are included within education as both men and women have right to be educated and also have the right to work as gender discrimination is illegal within the UK, although gender discrimination is illegal within the UK there are many aspects still within a women’s life were they are not treated equally these are included in the following aspects; family, education and work.

Women have been bought to think that they are responsible for taking care of the housework and the children this is due to gender socialisation as for an early age girls have been encouraged to play with toy cookery sets and baby dolls whereas boys have been encouraged to play with toy guns, and building sets, in addition to this form a young age we see our parents as role models, if our parents are fulfilling there conjugal roles, we would see that, is what we are suppose to be doing so the women become housewives and the men become the breadwinners, also the rules our parents give us are different for both sexes as they are more stricter for girls then boys this shows that boys have more freedom from a early age, although within modern society women have started to work there is still the issue of double burden as most married women who work and have a family are still coming home form work to finish the house work, however the development of the modern symmetrical family means that some men are contributing more to the family.

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Although boys and girls have equal right to education, girls are encouraged to take more artistic subjects whereas boys are encouraged to take more science and business oriented subjects this shows that we are encouraged to do what is thought to be best for our sex in addition to this teachers have been socialized into gender roles to, as they give boys more encouragement as they expect them to grow up and become the main breadwinner also school books show traditional roles of men and women, gender inequalities are reinforced however changes in the opportunities available to women in ...

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