Gender inequality means an unequal treatment or perception of individuals due to gender and this remains a huge obstacle in human development. Though women all around the world are getting much fairer treatment in 21st century as compared to the past, complete equity between two genders is yet to be achieved. Education is said to be key to eradicating gender inequality and I will be focusing on whether education will truly reduce gender inequality. Education will reduce gender inequality in terms lessening the the gap of knowledge and opportunities between man and woman. China is a developing country with the largest population in the world. Of its total population of 1.3 billion, women account for about half. Therefore, the promotion of …show more content…
Merely just education is not enough to elevate women to an equal standing as men, who have been the dominant sex for eons (cavemen era). It is difficult to change the mind sets of people and break free of social norms and prejudices against women. Japan provides an example on how even after thirty years since the first gender equality law in the workplace was put into practice in Japan, Japanese women are still struggling to pursue greater heights in their careers. World Economic Forum shows that Japan has a low ranking in terms of gender equality, 104th place out of 142 countries in 2014. Women are considered almost equal with men only up to college. Although women begin their careers the same time as men after college, but they often find themselves unable to continue to pursue their career as after working for approximately six to seven years. This is because many women start getting pressurized to get married due to societal expectation that a women should be married before thirty. However, men remaining single at the age of 35 is a norm. Some men even choose to marry in their late 30s or in 40s. One data bite shows about 43% of women living in Tokyo age 30 and 35 are still single. This shows that the social expectations imposed upon women cannot be eradicated just with education alone, and gender inequality will not be reduced due to pressures of …show more content…
Gender inequality will be reduced when people change their mindset that woman have no greater uses other than child birthing and taking care of the house, and open up their eyes to see that a woman's potential is as great as any man's. Society needs to stop pressuring and moulding not just females but people as a whole into playing preordained roles, for this would cause the cycle of gender inequality to go on forever. To make a change, people have to start thinking differently, and when prejudice against women is come pelts eradicated, the complete eradication of gender inequality will