Gender Inequality In The Hmong Community

Throughout this course, we learned that women’s studies originated as a concern at the time that “women and men noticed the absence, misrepresentation, and trivialization of women [in addition to] the ways women were systematically excluded from many positions of power and authority” (Shaw, Lee 1). In the past, men had more privileges than women. Women have battled for centuries against certain patterns of inadequacy that all women experience. Every culture and customs has divergent female

They believed living in a well developed country like the United States, they should be able to have the same roles as the man. In my class, we discuss the equality of the Hmong gender roles. As we focused deeper on this topic, I announced that the Hmong woman should have the same equality as any Hmong man do in the United State. I supported the Woman’s right to be educated and work. I supported this change of woman gender role because living in a free country woman should be free to do what they want for their future and life. I also believed that the man shouldn’t be the only one providing for the family. The woman should be able to work, be educated, and provide money for their family too. Both parents should have that option to be educated and work. The Hmong man and woman should be treated equally. Some disagreed with my opinion but not everyone can agree on everything. This social norm experience makes me strongly believe that the Hmong gender roles should have the same option to be educated and work because living in a developed country provides more

In Vietnam, women have traditionally been placed in positions of marginalization, where they were secondary to the males in power and expected to be completely subservient to men in every way. The morality of the society dictates that a woman be kind and quiet, that she takes care of the household and that she holds no higher ambition than to serve her husband and raise his children. Women who do not conform to these characteristics are considered wicked and made miserable. Their unhappiness, instead of being laid at the feet

A week ago I found myself reading Patricia Hill Collins, “It’s All In the Family: Intersections of Gender, Race, and Nation” and it made me reflect on the ways in which both gender and race are socially built out of distorted interpretations of family. Collectively constructed as opposed to an innate understanding. We have grown dependent on dysfunctional projections of family, giving rise to a hierarchy which aims to serve all: “…a male headship that privileges and naturalizes masculinity as a source of authority…mothers comply with fathers, sisters defer to brothers, all with the understanding that boys submit to maternal authority until they become men.” (Collins 159) The commitment towards this flawed assemblage of characterizations, has in a way, normalized the social hierarchy. However, this expectation has become unrealistic. Many females find that they are not adequately prepared to survive in a male dominated country, although there is little rebellion against these imposed values.

In The Headman Was a Woman, the Endicotts focus on the Batek society of Malaysia, aiming to understand the basis of their culture and how it differs from ours. The central focal point of their study was how the Batek dealt with gender and gender roles in relation to their everyday lives in the tribe. The Endicotts found that the Malaysian society was an egalitarian one when it came to handling gender, meaning all genders were treated equally. Neither gender was seen as superior nor inferior to the other, rather they were equal to each other and each played to their strong suits in the community.

Gender inequality, a problem that may seem to be solved based on it negative impact to the community. However, the problem has not been solved yet in the Hmong community because the male and female expectation receive from parent, marriage, and education are very different from one and another. The expectation that is being received from the parent is very biased because they underestimated the female for not being capable as the male (Yang, Kao Lee). It is not known if every Hmong parent give the same expectation to both boys and girls but from what have been seen, it is likely that the parent expectation went toward the boys more because the parent believe that the female will one day leave their household(Traditional Hmong Gender Roles).

For this week’s journal, I was drawn to a reading about Document 9-3, Judith Sargent Murray’s articulate essay on the equality of sexes. I can’t help but relate to this disappointing issue that we have on equality. Being born in the Philippines, I saw first hand how male dominance still exist especially with my Filipino-Chinese family and friends. Men are given opportunities to go to the expensive school, offered to take a much intellectual course, have the opportunity to manage their own business with the help of their parents and so on. I witness how the women stay in the home especially in rural areas to finish just high school and parents will find a husband of their choice for their daughter to marry.

Women are inferior to men due to how communication is made between the two because males lack the support within the education system. Deborah Tannen and David Brooks both present strong arguments about the problems with both genders and the possibilities on how they can be resolved. Not only do the two authors give out their explanations but they share their own opinions.

Women face several inequalities in the workplace and at home due to the perception of traditional gender roles or the responsibilities and behaviors considered gender appropriate by a society’s cultural norm. These gender roles are an enormous component of gender inequality today. Gender roles are learned and taught at an early age from surrounding influences, as well as from their culture and community, not inherited at birth. Those who foster and nourish, especially family, tend to have a

In detail, discuss how the gender roles of women and men in Vietnam have changed and continued over time and the causes of these changes. In addition outline how these changing gender roles have affected the status of both men and women in Vietnam.

Subordination of women to men is prevalent in large parts of the world. We come across experiences where women

Women from all over the world are seen differently. Some are forced to marry and depend on their husband while others acknowledge their self-worth. Woman are also taught to behave in a mannerly way. The norms of a woman have already been set, it often results women to be afraid to overcome certain life obstacles without being judge by society. Whether they suffer from self-worthiness, loneliness, impulse or lack of empowerment, women constantly struggle to be themselves and show that they too deserve happiness.

"We are the ones who first ploughed the earth when Modise (God) made it," ran an old Setswana poem. "We were the ones who made the food. We are the ones who look after the men when they are little boys, when they are young men, and when they are old and about to die. We are always there. But we are just women, and nobody sees us." This Setwannan poem informs the readers of the culture 's past gender roles. Men were laborers and providers, they were the head of their household, and leaders of their community. In contrast, women were in the background raising the boys to become great strong men. It was the women low in regard and statute that they worked diligently in their homes and their fields. Nevertheless, many of times have their deeds gone unnoticed and unpraised. These gender roles were not limited to the men and women of Setswana, even in the United States were these gender roles also applied. In the 1960s ', The Feminine Mystique caused women all over the nation to fulfill their desire for more, likewise in South Africa and bordering countries. Along with the rise of feminism in the 1960s, misandristic feelings, behaviors, works, and statements has manifested and have been indoctrinating the masses. “I believe that women have a capacity for understanding and compassion which man structurally does not have, does not have it because he cannot have it. He 's just incapable of it- Barbara Jordan.” This statement by former congresswoman and Civil Rights activist Barbara

¨Gender norms and stereotypes reinforce gendered identities and constrain the behaviour of women and men in ways that lead to inequality.¨ Some factors lead to discrimination such as “a lack of legal rights and very little independence from their husbands, to being thought to have inferior brains.” Lack of education available or allowed to women has stemmed from the lack of respect and mistreatment of young girls and women in the Middle East, Africa and the Asian Pacific. Raden Ajeng Kartini was the national heroine for women’s rights in Indonesia, and made the womenś place is in the home appears to be no longer valid. She opened the first native school for girls in Indonesia that did not discriminate based on social status. Raden also protested the gender inequality of Javanese traditions such as forced marriages at a young age, which denied women the freedom to pursue an education. Original thoughts of women caused discrimination and the lack of girls in or completing school. This can lead to many other problems such as poverty, unemployment, lack of education/literacy, lack of respect/job opportunities for women. Discrimination against women leads to violence against them as well with a one in four men admitting to rapping a woman 9 in all of Asian Pacific. Women not becoming educated can lead to gender gaps in pay with these being more prevalent in developing countries. Men being favored in admission to college is higher the lower the GDP as well. In

A part of the district area where I grew up is called Hangu. It was a man dominated society. It was the notion that an education is more important for a man than a woman. It was the traditional belief that education is more important for men then a women because men need to have an education to get a job, to establish his own business, to understand and deal with the people, and to take care of his family. It was a dominated traditional belief that women should have a direct in social life and be in charge of the house, doing chores, and raising up children. However, it was also the notion that women should have an enough education to read and write and understand what is right and wrong, so that they help and involve in their children education and produce better, well raised generation to improve society.