Class and Gender Reflection

A reflection on Class and Gender from a traditional / ethnic mise en scene by Gender I grew up surrounded by powerful wo men Three older sisters who immovable what I would wear and which games we would play. A mother and two aunties, who held positions of power as teachers. My dad was a nonoperational person and therefore was ruled by the women in our household. So at my young age, Gender was protection for my dad My first exposure to gender outside of my household was In the media. With the feminist movement. I then realize that my home was an exception and that globally, omen were being treated as If they were Inferior to men.But a nonher realization came to me In the western world, women were fighting for independence, whereas in traditional societies, women were (and are still) fighting for family unity. A priest once told me The charr Is the pillar of her household. In the ass in Mauritius, the feminist movement started with the boom In the economy. Suddenly, housewives we nt to work In mass In factories and this caused a significant change in the family dynamics in two ship canal No longer were men the sole bread winners in the family and Children were coming home from school without a parent being horn.With regards to Africa, a significant component of humanitarian aid has gone towards the empowerment of African women, like helping them to build Income generating activities. However, no work has been done in parallel with the men. So men of traditional societies suddenly found themselves less educated than t inheritor wives, and becoming reliant on their wives for Income support. This loss In status without any opportunity to express themselves, have caused some men to turn violent towards heir wives. More and more now. Unitarian agencies are making sure that all community members participate in the process of project to ensure that the men are not left behind-. Class Growing up, It was open that there was (and that there still Is) a social human body system In Mauritius, even It It was not openly acknowledged. There Is clear delve In terms of 1) wealth, 2) education, 3) skin color and even 4) your name. And this class structure Is maintained by the political and economic system, because they benefit trot it. Politicians can more considerably pull the wool over the eyes tooth population, it the latter is uneducated.In Australia, it seemed that there was no class division in society I now know that this Is not true. Twelve years ago, I moved screen to Mauritius and chose to live in a small coastal village where the majority of the people are poor. My metropolis friends could not relate to my new friends from the village. There were many differences between the two groups education, beliefs, methods of worship, standard of living, health and hygiene (amongst many others) and neither group could openly and clearly monomaniac with each other and therefore would struggle to actualise the actions of the other.People from a di fferent social class have a different culture they have a different way of looking at things. For example, Cambodia like eating grilled cockroaches, while we Mauritania make it our exercise to exterminate them. And this reminds me of one of my favorite quote El respect De la difference De latter est. la base De lanthanum which literally translate to respect for the difference in others is at the core of our humanity.