Gender Violence questions:
1)Latin America has made huge progress in getting women into government, why is violence still such a large problem in your opinion?
2)What steps can be taken to improve the situation for women in Latin America?
3)What are some obstacles to taking these steps? In other words, if there is an obvious solution, why is it not being taken?
Answers:
1. Because of cultural reasons, I think. It has always been in people's belief that women are inferior to male, which is wrong. And so, the members of this society have grown up with those thoughts and ideas in mind, after being told the same thing for many years, it's hard to leave the ideas behind. But this doesn't mean it's impossible, there are many who have left these and come to realize that people are the same, whether they are male or female.
The women that have gotten into the government have gotten there with their own effort and ideas. People vote for then because they believe in this ideas and have left behind the idea that women are inferior.
2. People should not be taught women are inferior, which is not as easy as it sounds to be. For this to be accomplished, the current generation should be taught this, so they can teach it to the following ones.
Next, women should be allowed into the government and in high positions in different jobs. They shouldn't be denied anything because they are female. In this aspect, Latin America has made a huge progress.
Besides this, I don't really think there is much else that could be done, since it's related to the way people feel and think. And so, the only option would be to manipulate people, but that's also wrong.
3. The solution(s) said above are actually really obvious, but they cannot really be taken because the obstacles are the way people think are feel. They have been raised with this beliefs, and so they (duh) believe in them. Because people firmly believe in what they have been taught during all of their time growing up, they don't change of opinion or realize the harsh truth easily.
Does the last paragraph make sense?
I hope so.
Anyway, this is it.
My opinions and what I think.
Ha, it rhymed. Somehow.
