Power And Inequality: Restructuring The Traditional Family

Power and inequality: Restructuring the traditional family

According to Martín-Baró "Power is the effect it produces on the same social relations". Gender norms and roles also result in the development of factors that can affect part of society. Among them we can mention how women experience violence, harass and fight to receive the same remuneration and opportunities as the opposite sex.

In addition, the way parents treat their wives can have a long -term impact on the personality and life options of their sons and daughters, where in many occasions the behaviors they see employees in their homes, is the samebehavior that will implement in their social, school and professional environment.

If we relate it to men, they can treat women as inferior, clearly denying their dignity and moral value;And with respect to women, you will doubt themselves in an educational and work environment is convenient for them, due to the vulnerability that they can feel and be exposed.

With the passing of time the demand for equality has been greater, in order to expand the roles available for women, demanding equal possibilities and rights that men possess. However, as we have mentioned above, due to traditional concepts that are still present in the ideological context of some part of society, a few deny that women may have the same moral right as men as men.

However, what the feminist struggle has demonstrated throughout history, is that developing social conditions for the struggle to change and equality involves being aware that change requires transformations to a slow pace, but however they achievebe significant.

On the other hand, when talking about opportunities, citing Kerbo “more generally, the social stratification system has an important influence on event such as war and peace, expansion or economic stagnation, unemployment, inflation andgovernment policies of various types "

Thus, if we take into account the socioeconomic status of families and the class to which they belong we will find that the members of a low social class will present, mostly, a greater inequality of job opportunities due to the lack of preparation and little experience thata certain part of the population according to their level of schooling. Based on therborn "the educational level is in a certain sense the most clear and comparable instrument to measure the social inequality of premature death in adults".

The objectives of women, and also of men, in the workplace correspond mainly to individualistic ideals that involve social recognition, the payment of a fair salary, opportunities for progress and personal fulfillment. However, using López’s words, this shows us as “the increase in income inequality in the country in the last decade, in large part, is related to the distribution of opportunities in education and employment." 

Where these are limited by the development possibilities they have in relation to the economic possibilities and support that their families could provide in their training both intellectual, professional and professional. In addition, as López notes “the profile of lower income people presents low educational levels, with few employment opportunities and, in addition, a problem of access to basic services."

The effort to achieve equality between the rights and privileges that the population must enjoy, taking into account men and women, finds strong resistance from the social structure. In addition, the mobility of rural regions is still limited. While parents easily send man to city without any problem;On the other hand, most parents are protective by sending their daughters to look for employment in cities like the GAM.

You should try to empathize with the most vulnerable social classes, generating more opportunities, in this way at the country a huge advance will be noted with respect to the issue of inequalities. It is impossible to try to eradicate social stratification quickly when we ourselves as a society for a long period of time have been those that we have created this great gap.

This seeks not only to minimize inequalities in relation to particular causes such as gender, but also seeks to exercise basic human rights such as education, health and protection;to also minimize equally serious problems that involve us as a society. Citing López “to reduce inequality, employment and education are fundamental. And, even more, communication between institutions, mainly those that promote complementary programs and, many times, double tasks." 

You must work to achieve a greater sense of egalitarianism as social advances are made;However, this improvement will never really mean complete equality. Recall that the prolonged recession has been responsible for slowing down changes in household roles and habits by increasing the inequalities gap.

However, progress cannot be stopped, and our country in social struggle should seek to develop a context of equal conditions and growth. This also involves the restructuring of family nuclei and the creation of roles where gender is not stereotype for implementation.