Women s Autonomy And Respect Of Women - 1329 Words

In the U.S. and most developed countries, women have gone far in fighting for their equal rights. Gender revolution in the U.S. spreads and has influenced women around the world to call upon equal rights for female. However, understanding that inequalities still remain in present days, female activists and scholars have examined how women and the society in which they live and work can do to eliminate gender bias. Sheryl Sandberg, one of the few female senior web executives of Facebook, realizes that it is vital for women to have the confidence to speak up and challenge the traditional female role. Lea Verou, another successful female web developer, reaffirms women’s autonomy and the respect of women power are . For Verou, the key to†¦show more content†¦In order for women to become confident, intelligent and independent, institutions in all fields should not only ensure equal working opportunities for men and women, but should also encourage and support women to figh t against gender discrimination. Structure reformations of institutions that allow more female to enter the workforce and leading positions are more fundamental and influential to female’s role in the society. Since it celebrates a shared agreement of both male and female fighting against gender inequality, which make gender inequality not just a issue for women, but to a broader public. Lea Verou, on the contrary, emphasizes that women need be educated in the same way as male when they are still children, be creative and learn technical skills. She claims the reason that engineers are full of male is women are not be raise to fit that position, rather they are trained to be domestic housewives and pretty dolls (7). Though Verou has great confidence that parents will solve the problem of gender inequality, only emphasizing on family impact on women at young age cannot fully solve the problem of discriminated view from men. First, parents do not have sufficient time to look out for their children and keep them from any traditional view. Second, if the scientific institutes are gender bias to only