Adapting Gender Equality in the Field of Education,

Employment and the Society: Say No to

Gender Discrimination

A Concept Paper

Presented to the Faculty of the

Lila National High School

Lila, Bohol

Mikee Samantha Gamorot

August 2019
Background of the Study

Gender discrimination is the situation where either male of female are

treated differently mostly basing on their individual skills or capabilities. Most

discrimination charges claims that a woman is discriminated against in favor of a

man. But there are some males who claims that they too are discriminated, it is

like a reverse discrimination. The cause of this problem "Gender Discrimination"

is because of the dominating tradition of gender stereotypes in their society or

community. Like female gender norms in their society needs to be: restricted

from their freedom should stay at home, helping in housework and childcare,

needs to dress decently and appropriately, and they are not allowed to stay out

late at night time (plan-international.org).

Gender discrimination is a common violation that takes many shapes,

such as sexual harassment, pregnancy discrimination and an unequal pay of

salary for women who do the same job as men. The researcher chose this topic

to answer her question about, whether the gender equality law will accomplish

its goal on making the world a better place without discriminations or will it fail on

its way to their goal.

Literature Review

In the world, gender discrimination has different views, whether in each

countries, in different religions, or in any communities. There are women in some

communities, favored on letting their daughters stay at home and spend more

time in doing household chores before and after marriage because of the sayings

that it will give pressure to the husband and the mother-in-law for them to have

jobs. (Mandal, 2007)

Gender discrimination is seen, not only in the community but it is also

seen in the workplace. For instance, according to Masser and Abrams (2004), in

their experimental study, they found that the higher the participant's score in the

jaundiced sexism, the more they were likely to recommend a male candidate

rather than female ones for a managerial position. In the U.S. they are still

working on implementing the gender discrimination federal laws in employment

such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964: Title VII - to demand equal pay for the equal

work no matter what the gender is. (Verneirs and Vala, 2018)

Gender discrimination starts from the family and sometimes from the

society, that's why when childbirth takes place in a family, process of gender

differences arose and gendering process starts. It says that when a boy is born

they celebrate his birth like they are celebrating for a festival while on the other

hand, when a girl is born in the family the birth itself is full of sorrow like

somebody just died, and they consider the girl to be a laden that they had to

carry until their marriage. (Shastri,2014)

Statement of Objectives

This study aimed to establish and validate the acclimatization of the Civil

Rights Act of 1972: Title IX that requires parity among educational and

employment programs with respect to gender. Specifically, this paper aimed the

following objective:

1. Adaptation of gender parity programs in both educational and

employment field.

2. Adaptation of equal pay and equal hiring for women in employment

and job applications.

3. Prevention of gender discrimination among men and women in

schools, workplaces and the society.

Methodology

This study will use a qualitative research to determine whether the

adaptation of Civil Rights Act of 1972 in education and employment will affect the

people's perception about gender equality in a positive way or a negative way.

The researcher will conduct an interview in the randomly chosen respondents of

Lila National High School senior high students and teachers in Poblacion, Lila,

Bohol.
References

 https://civilrights.findlaw.com

 https://plan-international.org/girls-get-equal/calling-out-

discrimination

 https://www.betterhelp.com/advice-home/22-ways-to-overcome-

gender-stereotypes

 Mandal & Sarika (2007). Madhesh ra mahila (Madesh and

women).

 Masser,B. & Abrams, D. (2004). Reinforcing the glass ceiling: The

consequences of hostile sexism for female managerial candidates.

Sex Roles.

 Shastri, A. (2014). Gender Inequality and Women Discrimination.

 Verniers, C. & Vala, J. (2018). Justifying gender discrimination in

the workplace: The mediating role of motherhood myths.