Factors Influencing Gender Equality

Abstract

While gender is the genetic, physiological, and biological characteristics of a person as a woman or a man, gender is the social identity roles with the personality features that are formed by the social and cultural evaluation of the differences between men and women. Gender is a term that relates to how society sees, perceives, thinks, and wants a person to behave as a man or a woman. Socialization is a process by which a person becomes a part of society and gains identity and gender stereotypes. Gender equality means that women and men have equal rights before the law, treated equally, and benefit from opportunities and services in society. This article draws attention to the existence of conditions that show that gender inequality is against women in the 21st century.

Keywords

• sex
• gender
• gender identity
• gender socialization
• gender equality
• cinderella complex