Latin American Gender Inequality Analysis
Although many scholarly books and articles that look at Latin American exist, there have only been some small discussions on the civil conflict of gender inequality. Furthermore, it accentuates the position of woman in Latin American. Gender inequality has been a major ongoing issue all over the world however, in this paper I will focus on the problems in Latin American. Latin America professes to have addressed the issue of gender inequality to correct it, but this is not the case. Gender Inequality should cease to exist and everyone should be treated equal. The books and articles that I have drawn upon discuss race, class, and power, which catalyzes into the main issue of Gender inequality. Thus, addressing some of the major stigmatism that
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Therefore discussing how men are paid more and women are encouraged to stay home and raise the children. Also, how the economical stand point differs with men and woman, which men are usually, paid more. However, in recent events Latin American is trying to tackle this social issue.
Approach
History
Before looking at and determining Gender inequality in Latin America it is first important to understanding the history of Latin American women. Throughout history in Latin American woman have been treated as lower than men. Back in the 1960's woman's movements relating to social science and humanities started to rise. Furthermore, the book states that "At the height of the cold war, scholarly attention focused predictably on women’s (and feminists’) extraordinary presence in antiauthoritarian struggles and the promise of socialist revolutions for greater gender equality, generating considerable interest in questions of gender identity and state–society relations in the process of state formation and national development". (https://www.questia.com/read/1P3-1029381681/women-s-employment-and-fertility-in-latin-america). This quote …show more content…
Also, it is vital to creating a reliable analysis besides just historical information. Therefore, scholarly books and articles using ethnographic frameworks were acquired, in order to understand the current issues from Latin American groups’ points of view, and to also to have an understanding of various components and different strategies of ethnographic approach, in order to fully utilize this framework in the
Therefore discussing how men are paid more and women are encouraged to stay home and raise the children. Also, how the economical stand point differs with men and woman, which men are usually, paid more. However, in recent events Latin American is trying to tackle this social issue.
Approach
History
Before looking at and determining Gender inequality in Latin America it is first important to understanding the history of Latin American women. Throughout history in Latin American woman have been treated as lower than men. Back in the 1960's woman's movements relating to social science and humanities started to rise. Furthermore, the book states that "At the height of the cold war, scholarly attention focused predictably on women’s (and feminists’) extraordinary presence in antiauthoritarian struggles and the promise of socialist revolutions for greater gender equality, generating considerable interest in questions of gender identity and state–society relations in the process of state formation and national development". (https://www.questia.com/read/1P3-1029381681/women-s-employment-and-fertility-in-latin-america). This quote …show more content…
Also, it is vital to creating a reliable analysis besides just historical information. Therefore, scholarly books and articles using ethnographic frameworks were acquired, in order to understand the current issues from Latin American groups’ points of view, and to also to have an understanding of various components and different strategies of ethnographic approach, in order to fully utilize this framework in the