Understanding gender inequality a philosophical reconstruction of views of J S Mill and Simone De Beauvoir on women

By Ahmad Afzal

INTRODUCTION The issue of gender inequality and sexual difference between men and women has been a major one within the society as well as in philosophical theory. Despite the technological and scientific developments, the old hierarchies between men and women and the larger question of gender difference has continued to exist albeit in different forms. Hence, there is a constant reaffirming the existence of a patriarchal mindset. In order to advance, every person needs their own place, environment and sufficient amenities. When the society is male-centric, humanity starts progressing, with man at its centre and people tend to forget that in any society men and women are equally crucial. In communities all over the world, owing to male-dominated beliefs, women have been deprived of their place, environment and sufficient resources, which would be required to find their individuality. It is because of this that the beliefs that the society has established about women are the ones that have been imposed by men. These beliefs are incorrect. confusion and the complexity of the situation is posing a serious challenge. We must be able to appreciate the difference between gender and sex . Clarity about the difference between these terms Sex and Gender is necessary to word sex is related to the biological differences between man and woman and gender to the cultural differences present between them. To understand their related problems in a fundamental manner, it becomes imperative to clarify the difference between sex and gender In society, to attribute the existing subordination of women, gender inequality, and gender injustice as appropriate on the basis of the biological difference between man-woman by itself goes against humanity. On the basis of the biological structure in society, man and woman are divided into two groups, on the basis of which their biological procedure takes place whose amalgamation cannot be done in a natural.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3085204628
• ISBN13: 9783085204624
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Nayyarshaikhyt
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"