McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) finds that if women were to participate in the economy identically
to men, they could add as much as $28 trillion or 26 percent to annual global GDP in 2025
As Feminist Movement fighting for the right of women to work, THW use the argument of
economic benefit as oppose to gender equality
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Feminist movement  use economic argument
 fight for the right to work.
Set Up:
1. Feminist movement  women get
rights to work, fight this right.
2. Economic arguments:
a. Based on data  GDP naik ketika
women bekerja di field cowok.
b. Based on logic  allowing women
means you will have more human
resources, production will be
better.
3. The right to work  women allowed to
work in whatever field they want,
women allowed to work in men
identitical field. E.g mechanical,
technical things.
Arguments:
1. Why economic arguments is good?
a. More acceptable
- Maksud: Everyone will agree,
everyone will support, everyone
will vote for your policy.
- Possible:
a. economic  everyone can
relate. Everyone needs economy
in their life. E.g GDP naik  semua
orang pasti agree kalau itu benefit.
Compare: gender equality  ga
semua bisa relate. E.g patriarchal
family ga ngerti gender equality.
b. economy itu lebih tangible.
Economy sifatnya ngasih
material benefit  money. e.g
gdp naik  make your
economy naik. Compare:
gender equality itu enggak ada
benefit yg tangible.
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Feminist  use gender equality  fight for
right to work.
1. Gender equality arguments:
a. Women deserve the same right.
Women and men are the same.
b. Rethoric2 yang sedih untuk attract
attention. Rethoric yg berbau
discrimination  emotions.
Arguments:
1. Why gender equality argument is
good?
a. Right based arguments will ensure
protection to the vulnarable
women
- Maksud: allow women to work
in men field + give protection.
E.g maternity lives,
menstruational.
- Possible:
 Basis argument => rights 
execution will ensure the
women gets what they
deserve. Compare:
economy  women will be
seen as economic
generator  expect untuk
kerja without special
protections.
- Beneficial: ensure protections
to vulnarable  vulnarable: by
brith lottery itu needs this
protection.
b. Sustainability
- Possible:
 Concept of rights itu
abstract  harder to be
challenge  ga ada
arguments yang bisa nge
delegitimize/rebutt. 
RIGHTS  given regardless
of the conditions/status.
 - Beneficial:
1) more voters.
2) more supporters.
b. Avoid Backlash
- maksud: avoid challenge, debate,
rebuttals, ga di jelek2in.
- possible:
a. Increasing economy will not harm
anyone  context, people lagi butuh
economic benefit.
b. Economy benefit itu bukan
personal attack. E.g increase GDP, itu
ga nge attack ideology apapun.
compare:
- Beneficial: easier to apply our policy,
adding legitimacy.
2. sustainable
-Maksud: less likely untuk berubah.
-possible:
a. economic data itu susah berubah 
faktor pembentuk GDP pasti sama2 aja.
Compare: gender equality based on
context.
b. Even if berubah  crisis  nggak
berhubungan sama women  issue
women stand. Compare: framing untuk
ngejatuhin feminist.
-benefit: longer protection.
3. Worst case: data countered.
4. Worst case 2: less protections.
 Economic data  gampang
untuk dicounter dengan
data lainnya. karena basis =
benefit. Compare: equality
 regardless of research,
data, dll tetep stand.
 Even if ada yang nge
counter  frame dia jahat.
Compare: economical
benefit  counternya
harus dengan data yg lain.
- Benficial: easier to be accepted,
long term benefitnya.
c. Argument  data  susah buat
org2 minority.
- Data itu pasti favor majority.
 Majority track record lebih
banyak
 Contribution lebih banyak
 Control the power.
2. Why our arguments will be
succesful/accepted.
 Idea of feminist udah rising 
semua udah agree kalau women itu
setara dengan men.
 Emotions  everyone bisa relate.
Karena everyone itu pasti hidup
berhubungan dengan wanita.
3. Worst case: Conservative ga bisa
relate/backlash.