women’s issues are among basic issues of contemporary society which have been offered different solutions. while the first- wave feminists would insist on the gender equality, the second wave would emphasize that women differ from men. the third wave tried to hold on to both sides of the conundrum: equality and difference. iris marion young is one of the theorists of the third wave of feminism ...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate potential associations between gender equality at work and self-rated health. METHODS 2861 employees in 21 companies were invited to participate in a survey. The mean response rate was 49.2%. The questionnaire contained 65 questions, mainly on gender equality and health. Two logistic regression analyses were conducted to assess associations ...

this essay will survey different views on the value and the status of woman in judaism and christianity and era of ignorance in jazirat al arab and then will turn to this subject according to the holy quran. in so doing, some of the most important doubts and suspicions concerning the high status of woman in holy quran have been surveyed by using the theories of some of islamic scholars and inte...

peer in marriage contract is defined as equality and similar dignity of spouse in some issues. there is a difference of opinion among imamiya jurists and also the sunnite scholars concerning the issues and criterion of equality in marriage. reputed imamiya jurists consider islam & belief in the imamate of the twelve imams (pbut) to be the criterion for the equality and similar ranking of the ma...

A few years ago Claudio Tamburrini and Torbjörn Tännsjö (not coincidentally, two men), published a paper in which they discussed gender equality in sports. Tamburini and Tännsjö complained that sport arenas are one of the few residual places where discrimination against women is openly accepted. They argued that the very existence of male sports and female sports, as two separate events, is an ...

this article explores the primitive ideas supporting the equality between men and women in arab society after the movement. the scientific advances in the west during the nineteenth century as well as their impact on the arab world combined with the social conditions of arab countries and their backwardness contributed to the increasing social demands of women. the impact of this new wave was p...

Men rate progress toward gender equality more favorably than do women. Across two studies with U.S. undergraduate samples, we explore whether this difference in perceived progress stems from a gender difference in chosen reference points. Using ANOVA and regression, we demonstrate that men (n=33) assess progress relative to the past more than to the goal of full equality. In contrast, women (n=...

The existing gender analysis frameworks start with a premise that men and women are equal and should be treated equally. These frameworks give emphasis on equal distribution of resources between men and women and believe that this will bring equality which is not always true. Despite equal distribution of resources, women tend to suffer and experience discrimination in many areas of their lives...