Gender Discrimination
Introduction: Gender discrimination
means discriminatory treatment against the female. It begins with the birth of
the female child. Most parents want to have male children so that they can help
their parents in earning and contributing to family income. In the existing socio-economic
setup, male children are best suited to this purpose.
Effects on the girls: This disparity
affects the girls physically and mentally in Bangladesh. The girls are born into
an unwelcome world. However, they are assigned, rather confined to domestic
chores. Some of these girls may be at school. But all their work whether
domestic or academic stops as soon as they are married off, which is the prime
concern of the parents about their daughters. This discriminatory treatment has
some long-term negative, effects on the body and minds of the girls children, and
women in a family. They are given to understand that they should keep the best
food available for the male members of the family; that they should eat less
than the male members; that they should not raise their voice when they speak;
that they should not go out of their house without permission from and without
being escorted by the male members. All these shape the girls' thinking about
life and the world and establish their relationships with the male
members of the family. As a result, they suffer more than their male
counterparts from malnutrition and anemia which make them vulnerable to various
diseases resulting in a high mortality rate.
Remedy: Society considers women to
be weaker in strength and wisdom. So they are faced with discrimination in the
spheres of employment and career building. This problem of gender
discrimination can be solved by creating general awareness among people about
the talents and importance of females and removing social superstitions
prevailing against them.
Conclusion: When the women are properly
educated they will be in a position to prove their worth, ability, and talent
and then the unmarried discrimination against them will vanish automatically.
