Equality

[Nazish Hina]

Are men and women equal in Pakistan?
How equal men and women should be in our society?

[waqas izhar]

can you define equality?
and then you asked "how" equal? do you mean to say there are levels of equality?

Regards

[exclusively]

Equality
Equality means anti-discrimination in sex, race, caste, creed & religious beliefs etc. Equality is of grossly significance. Particularly, it plays vital role in democratic states and it facilitates democracy to flourish. Moreover, equality is rights, opportunists and no one should be above law.

Kinds of Equality
There are many kinds of equality, worth mentioning kinds of equities are as under:

Social Equality: Socially every body needs to be equal to develop his personality.

Economic Equality: Equal distribution of wealth by state

Political Equality: Everybody should have equality in taking part either to vote or to be voted.

Natural Equality: Man is born equal in every aspect with respect to its society. He has got natural equality to live his life what he wants to.


Does equality exist in Pakistan?
In accordance with law, equality exists in only on the piece of papers. Realistically, it is not existed on account of immense discrimination in sex. Woman does not get her due rights. Although, Islam teaches to equalize woman. Woman does not get her equity in socioeconomic and political equality. She does not have liberty to do job, she is deemed a thing of joy, to use her in fertilization. Moreover, it takes part in politics less as compare to man. Above all, her rights are violated, exploited and disregarded in Pakistan.

How to redress pure equality in society?
~Pakistan needs to incorporate laws to equalize realistically
~Equality can be strengthened by Islamic doctrines, hence the ulemas, scholars along with stakeholders have to take their active roles in bring about a positive change
~Mass Media can play vital role in creating awareness about equality in Pakistan

[Vegeta]

For a even more complex debate on equality one should try to compare it with justice.
This image explains it

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Giving equal opportunities and opening the same doors for women is not enough, some social issues need to be taken into account, for example cultural barriers.

[Nazish Hina]

Originally Posted by Vegeta

For a even more complex debate on equality one should try to compare it with justice.
This image explains it

https://radicalscholarship.files.wor...lity.jpg?w=809

Giving equal opportunities and opening the same doors for women is not enough, some social issues need to be taken into account, for example cultural barriers.

What about cultural barriers?

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[neversaynever]

Strict equality among humans is neither possible nor desirable.
Equality should be among equals.
Equal treatment of unequal is as bad as unequal treatment of equals.

[kingfalcon]

Unfortunately No sis, there is not much equality between Men and Women in Pakistan. It is a bitter truth but we have to face it, only some people mainly in urban areas or affluent rural people practice equality between both genders to some extent. Men and Women are Human Beings and they should be equal in all aspects. I agree that men and women have strong and weak areas but that should not be the basis of any discrimination or injustice. In scientific terms, it is the last chromosome pair (23rd pair) that makes one a man or a woman. There is a 50% chance that someone could have been of the other gender.

[Nazish Hina]

Originally Posted by neversaynever

Strict equality among humans is neither possible nor desirable.
Equality should be among equals.
Equal treatment of unequal is as bad as unequal treatment of equals.

So women are not equal??
According to you they should not be treated equally. Could you please give reasons for them being inferior?

Originally Posted by kingfalcon

In scientific terms, it is the last chromosome pair (23rd pair) that makes one a man or a woman. There is a 50% chance that someone could have been of the other gender.

I loved your answer. It felt like there are men in favour of equality, until you mentioned the 50pc chance. It seems that being a woman seems scary to you. That did not feel right. But a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step; a few more males like you and maybe well be respected more, if not be truly equal.




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[kingfalcon]

Originally Posted by Nazish Hina

So women are not equal??
According to you they should not be treated equally. Could you please give reasons for them being inferior?

I loved your answer. It felt like there are men in favour of equality, until you mentioned the 50pc chance. It seems that being a woman seems scary to you. That did not feel right. But a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step; a few more males like you and maybe well be respected more, if not be truly equal.

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Thanks, I try to say the right thing (you know how hard it is to say the right thing in this country nowadays). No, you misunderstood it, what I meant to say was that people should remember that they could've been a woman/man with a 50% probability so there is no need to discriminate against the other gender. Problem lies in our culture and education system. We need to teach children about gender equality and respect since an early age. Another problem is strict segregation of girls and boys since an early age, this also creates problems later in life.

[Vegeta]

What I meant by culture barriers was, that even if you give the same opportunities to women, and say here we have equality, you technically do not. For example, world over, women are seen as primary care givers in any situation, many give up certain opportunities in their careers to take of children, elderly etc. Thus by opening the same doors for them is not enough, you would also have to provide them extra support so that they are able to avail such opportunities without having to compromise. It is quiet a known fact that married women are not given long term jobs, and many women who take maternity leave are dismissed eventually, through the back door, because employers realise that she has other priorities that take precedence over her work.

Indeed equality is only desirable if we live in an equal world, which we don't. There is racism, sexism, ageism etc, hence equality seems more of a myth than a reality, what is desirable is justice. Where people are accommodated according to their circumstances.