The society I live in, is male dominated. And well, there are very few
places in the world that is not male dominated. The different statistics show
that most types of organizations such as political, economic, social and
commercial organizations are still dominated by men.
While we are talking about both men and women making equal
contributions, the distribution is so uneven. Why is it so?
Well, one prime problem is the predominant male dominated culture. The concept
that its women’s duty and that women should look after the household. From
daily life to festivals and special occasions, male dominated culture is
abundant. The culture still dominates the society, at least in the east.
It’s deep rooted in philosophy and is more difficult problem than it looks.
Even women themselves tend to believe it, as they were taught to believe so,
since their childhood.
It’s a simple logic. Unless the hours dedicated by male in household
equals the hours dedicated by female, how can the performance of female outside
equal to that of men? Thus the nature of upbringing needs to change. The
household works should not be burdened solely over women. Women should be
taught that household is not their sole responsibility.
Gender equality is not possible without balancing household deals.
Gender equality in household brings gender equality outside household.
Therefore household dedication of son should be equal to that of daughters, and
husband should equal to that of wife.
Things need to change and probably they will. What worries me is, not
the past, but the inheritance of similar culture from the past, at present. The
statistics will require more generations to balance, but something needs to
change now, in this current generation. I can see many changing, but too many adapting
to the similar faulty culture. That worries me.
