November 21, 2012
All Men Around The World
Dear To Whom It May Concern:
Hello my name is Alex Uribe, and I hope
who ever reads this letter is doing well. I would like to address
some global problems that our world is facing now, and I want to make
it clear that it is and has been creating tremendous impacts on our
civilization development. For years our worldwide society has been
relying on patriarchy at large and it has caused many Gender
inequalities throughout the nations. It is not happening just in one
country or two, but in all country's around the world. Some country's
have it worse than others, but they all are experiencing a form of
it. From educational inequalities to workforce and beyond. Many
women have to experience harsh lives because of these inequities our
male society has created. Domestic Violence is a huge issue on this,
because men feel like the hi-powered individuals and they see women
as the helpless victims, so they take advantage and abuse the women.
The male population views the female population as lower and less
important which should not be the case. All men come from a woman
and there is no possible way us men are better in any way than women
the only object that divides us are sexual organs, for we shall all
have the exact equal opportunity's in all matters.
Our world civilization has had large
downfalls especially in developing country's due to gender
inequalities. The effects that took place and are currently occurring
due to this cause are economic, health, and domestic relationship
impacts. It's like were only using half of the worlds brain, because
were leaving most women out. Women can think the same way as men if
they are equally educated. The only way to achieve a successful
globally development is to have equal settings for all genders. By
having even-handed equalities, children “girls” in particular
will experience happier lives, because they will have a higher self
esteem level and they won't feel like their worthless just because
they aren't boys. This is a very sick and ill world, but I believe we
can make a change. We need a world were gender doesn't matter and all
humans have the same social status.
Gender inequality is a very serious
issue although most men are not fully aware of the real outcomes.
Women/girls are having miserable lives in many ways compared to us
men/boys. According to The World Bank, “Nearly four million women
go missing each year in developing countries, 'About two fifths of
girls are never born due to a preference for sons, 'A sixth of girls
die in early childhood, and over a third die in their reproductive
years.” Sadly these are the real outcomes of gender inequality. Two
fifths is a large number of poor little girls who never get to see
sunshine just because they are “girls” and that definitely is not
the right thing that should be happening. There shouldn't be a
preference for sons for anyone to the point where they abort a child
for developing into a girl. Fetuses don't get the option of choosing
what gender they want to be born as, for there shouldn't be this
cruel behavior being done to them. Not to mention the sixth that die
in early childhood because of being neglected to food or healthcare
for them being “girls”. This is a big issue because no child
needs to face these kind of sick experiences regardless of their
gender.
Furthermore in Afghanistan, domestic
violence is a major issue at hand because women are treated like
garbage by husbands and society. Many women have to experience
torture and abuse by their husbands just because men have the
mentality of “it's a man's world” and believe it's right to do
so. Many girls were forced to marry an older man at a very young age.
Some girls got married around age ten, and that is too young if you
ask me. As these girls grow up into young women they have a very low
self esteem level and they feel worthless to the point when they
want to commit suicide. In this matter women have started to burn
themselves alive because they claim it's the only way to escape the
horrible lives they have to live. According to RAWA News, “Women's
rights groups say domestic violence and discrimination is common and
usually have no access to the justice system; 'Divorce is rarely an
option in a county where about 80 percent of women are illiterate and
often have no knowledge of their rights; 'Islamic law in Afghanistan
also favors men; 'A wife must prove her husband can't provide for
her, is absent for long periods, or abuses her to the point where her
life is at risk; ' She also needs witnesses and often his permission
to divorce; 'Even then she's unlikely to keep her children and it's
that prospect which drives women like these to seek other more
desperate ways to escape”. A woman shouldn't have to seek for her
own death just because of the way they are treated by their husbands
or society. Women need to have the opportunity to be independent if
they have to be. It is not fair for a woman to be suffering for their
gender. Men have to look closer at these inequalities because their
causing severe damage to society.
HIV has become a pandemic disease, and
everyday it keeps on pushing its way to new victims; however, gender
inequality plays a big role on the expansion of this unwanted
disease. According to the World Health Organization, “Norms related
to femininity can prevent women -especially young women- from
accessing HIV information and services.” According to the 2008
UNAIDS global figures, “only 38 percent of women have accurate,
comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS.” This is not even half of the
world's female population being fully aware of the disease thus HIV
keeps on expanding at a dramatic rate. We need women to be able to go
out and learn about such subjects like this one and all other
subjects. Women need the opportunity to actually get educated equally
as men and not refused in any way. This can bring better health to
the world, and it can help slowdown the HIV expansion.
Businesses have major gender inequities
because women don't have the same access to resources as men do.
Women and girls keep facing disadvantages in the business-force and
work-force in most sectors. According to the United States Agency of
International Development, “In agriculture, women make up more than
40 percent of the labor force, but only represent between 3 to 20
percent of landholders, 'In Africa, women-owned enterprises make up
as little as 10 percent of all businesses, and in South Asia only 3
percent, 'Women compromise less than 20 percent of the world's
legislators.” This a very small amount of women-owned businesses
and land. Women could only do so much with the opportunity's they are
offered. If we have equality for women and men we can achieve and
unlock human potential. The USAID claims the just by empowering women
farmers with the same access to land, new technologies and capital as
men, we can increase crop yields by as much as 30 percent and feed an
additional 150 million people. Many developing countries can use this
additional food since there is a large number of people who don't get
to eat three meals a day, however, this is only possible by having
gender equality's throughout the world.
As Reihan Salam suggests in his article
“The Death of Macho” that, men can either adapt to or rebel
against their declining power, however, I believe we still have many
inequalities to worry about and after we do fix that then we will
have to adapt to our end of “Macho”. By men adapting to a
balanced society between men and women it will bring many new things
to our world that we have never seen, because we will be using a full
brain instead of half. This can be the best choice we have ever taken
in history and it will drive us to nothing but success. Men have been
the dominating the world for centuries, but it's time to leave that
behind and come forward with equalities for both women and men.
Gender equality worldwide is the key to
bring the best in our modern civilization. No human likes to be
treated unequal in any way for being part of a certain group, for we
should provide equality for all gender's. If you were getting treated
unequal for your gender status would you be furious to make a change,
or would you ignore it and deal with it? Women have to face a lot of
struggles because of the cultural gender myth that has lived on for
generations. I am a man, but I am putting my voice out there for
women because it is a serious issue that we need pay closer attention
to. By doing so, undeveloped countries will develop faster and
developed countries will improve. We need to take action against
these gender inequalities as men for the sake of our women, and our
world.
Sincerely,
Alex Uribe
Watsonville, CA 95076
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