{"id":16988,"date":"2022-03-16T07:26:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T06:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/francescoeconomy.org\/getting-tired-of-gender-equality\/"},"modified":"2022-03-16T08:07:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T07:07:31","slug":"getting-tired-of-gender-equality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/francescoeconomy.org\/es\/getting-tired-of-gender-equality\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Tired of Gender Equality"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Getting Tired of Gender Equality<\/b><\/h1>\n

By: Diletta Pasqualotto<\/p>\n

There are many inequalities in the world. And, despite current events that seem to bring civilization back hundreds of years, societies are working to not let anyone behind. Or at least, benevolent people are pushing to create a better society. However, as preposterous as it sounds, there are inequalities that are not perceived as such from mostly conservative sides of society. One of them is gender inequality.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

As junior coordinator of the \u201cWomen for Economy\u201d village, I have encountered mostly support and active listening to the problems<\/span> we have uncovered r<\/span>egarding this topic. However, I also found myself defending our \u201croles\u201d. For example, I have received from a couple of people a lecture after I used <\/span>#WomenEmpowerment<\/span><\/i> in one of my posts. According to them, Women’s Empowerment is an anti-Christian concept. I do not hide that I was perplexed by the meaning of the comment, but I reminded them how th<\/span>e greatest supporter o<\/span>f women’s empowerment is actually Jesus Christ (<\/span>see for instance Martha and Mary\u2019s, Angels\u2019 Annunciation\u2019s, and Jesus healing the bleeding woman\u2019s biblical passages)<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The opposers of gender equality who feel fatigued and aversion could be divided into two types of categories using the <\/span>homo economicus <\/span><\/i>definition. The first category of people is those whom I call the <\/span>indifferent<\/span><\/i> homo econom<\/span><\/i>icus<\/span><\/i> who<\/span> act rationally pursuing wealth for their own self-interest. Because they don\u2019t have experience discrimination of any kind, the <\/span>indifferent homo economicus <\/span><\/i>gets tired from loud movements such as #MeToo and #TimeisUp, and\/or they do not perceive gender inequality as an issue.<\/span><\/p>\n

The second category regards <\/span>accuser homo economicus <\/span><\/i>who feel their balance and privileged positions threatened by concepts such as women empowerment and gender equality. They often rely on arguments such as polarization, meaning that gender equality is a weapon that aims to put men and women into conflict; or actual accusations of contemporary failure of society like low birth rate.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although there can be understandable critics from their side, the aim of this article is not to respond to these arguments. However, Pope Francis\u2019 answers to the matter are worth citing: \u201cMany believe that the changes that have occurred in these last decades were put in motion by the emancipation of women. But even this argument is invalid, it\u2019s false, it isn\u2019t true! It is a form of male chauvinism, which always seeks to dominate women\u201d (2015).<\/span><\/p>\n

The direction of this article is to explain what gender equality can really \u201ccause\u201d also in everyone’s lives. Specifically, women empowerment and gender equality are not taking away opportunities from men. Instead, it leads to the formation of a healthier society. Here\u2019s why and how:<\/span><\/p>\n