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Women Empowerment: A Philosophical Appraisal
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2. Discrimination
Oxford English Dictionary defines
discrimination “as a recognize distinction between people and things or
treat one person or group worse or better than others.â€2 It is unfair
treatment people because of their religion, race or other personal
feature. It is the practical of treating one person or group of people
less family or less well than other people or group. It also means a
recognition and understanding of the difference between one thing and
another or good judgment or taste. Discrimination is a sociological term
of referring to the treatment taken toward or against a person of a
certain group in consideration based solely on class or category.
Discrimination is the actual behaviour towards another group from
opportunities that are available to other group. It involves excluding
and restriction on members of one group or rejection. It is the ability
or power to see or make fine distinction, discernment. It is a
treatments or consideration based on class or category rather than
individual merit. It refers to any instance of treating someone in a
less favourable manner on the basis of that person’s characteristics.
Discrimination is not only one sided thing women discriminate against
women, men against men, women against men, men against women.
In the course of this work, wish to discuss discrimination against
women. Women has been discriminated against in so many ways, almost in
every aspect of their lives. Though there skill exist discrimination
among women, women discriminate themselves. There are some instances
that it is the women tat does not want to give way to her fellow woman.
Some stereotyped women believe that their place is I the kitchen and not
the public sector. But we are going to discuss discrimination against
women by their male counter part, at the level of culture, politics
religion, economic and education.
Sex discrimination refers
to the deferential treatment of women and men on the basis of their
categorical membership, gender without consideration of individual
differences in terms of ability competence, inclination and commitment.
Women occupy the inferior positions and regarded as the weaker sex. They
are the ones who receive the lesser (or no) are of the valued societal
good. Aristotle as a philosopher saw women as naturally weak and
licentious. To him women are “unfinished men.â€3 from early childhood
women learn that the world of individual achievement is closed to them
and that their primary vocation is to please and serve men. In our
society men are allowed, encouraged, to be daring to reach out and
accomplish a project. Men are supposed to be rational, inventive and
creative, but less is expected of women.
Women are always
under the control of men, either directly or indirectly. Their
discrimination starts from the family. They are expected to be dependent
on the male folks and do as they are commanded or ordered to do so this
they called “ the act of been submissiveâ€. They are regarded as the
second class citizens. Convention on the elimination of all forms of
discrimination against women defines discrimination “as they
distinction, exclusion or restriction made on the basis of sex which has
the effect or purpose of impairing or mulling the recognition,
enjoyment or exercise? Women are discriminated through the following
ways.
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