Gender Discrimination演講稿.doc

My analysis of Gender DiscriminationGood evening, everyone, today my topic is my analysis of gender discrimination.First I will introduce some examples of Gender discrimination:Infanticide and Sex-Selective AbortionIn extreme cases, parents make the horrific choice to end their baby girls life, that is to say, they kill their baby girl themselves.Sex-selective abortions are even more common than infanticides. They are growing ever more frequent as technology makes it simple and cheap to determine a fetuss gender.In China, with the one-child policy, the situation of the abortion of female fetus becomes even worse.Attitude towards BornWhen a boy is born, friends and relatives exclaim congratulations because a son means insurance. But when a girl is born, some women weep because, to them, a daughter is just another expense. DowryWedding is the most beautiful dream of most girls in the world, but gender discrimination may transfer your dream into nightmare.Dowry came to be seen as payment to the grooms family for taking on the burden of another woman. In some countries, dowries often throw a womans family into debt.Reasons for gender discriminations are:First, Physical factorWomen are physically weaker than men, so they are more easily abused and discriminated against.Second, EducationIn many countries, women are forced to stay home to clean and cook while men are sent to school.Third, Workplace DiscriminationThe sense that certain occupations are a mans job or a womans job is often a determining factor when hiring or promoting someone.ReligionMany religions place women below men, and create a patriarchal society. For instance, in Bible theres a famous sentence “Woman was made from the rib of man”.How to reduce gender discriminations:We can reduce gender discrimination by Educating biased people Strengthening and enforcing laws of non-discrimination Changing informal rules and practices in all spheres of society. Performing workplace assessment But in my point of view, Education is the most significant method of fighting against gender discrimination. As women get the opportunity to go to school and obtain higher-level jobs, they gain status in their communities. Then, status translates into the power to influence their famil