If I were a lawmaker

Direction: Pretend to be a lawmaker and read the following situations below. Identify
whether or not social inequality is present in each. If it does, suggest ways on how to address
it. If it does not, justify the claim for equality.

1. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected almost all aspects of human life. In the early
period of the pandemic in the Philippines, there were some reported incidences that
some wealthy and influential people have immediate and instant access in COVID-19
testing services under government affiliated agencies. However, the rest of the
general public have difficulty to have access in such kind of health services. As a
lawmaker, what can be done to avoid social inequality in this scenario?

There is inequality in this case.

As a law maker. I will create a bill that mandates the DOH to create more testing facilities
in every town so that all citizens whether rich or poor alike can have a free and easy
access to covid-19 test. By doing this, movement of persons from one place to another will
also be prevented.

Thru this bill there will be no more inequalities between the rich and the poor considering
that all citizens can enjoy the benefit.

2. The number of men who contract prostate cancer is about the same as the number of
women getting breast cancer. The disparity in annual government research funding
between the two cancers is striking and discriminatory (though), illustrating yet again
the institutionalized misandry existing in Western societies. (Ray Blumhorst,
National Coalition for Men)

I cannot see any inequalities under the scenario.

The western country could have seen that there is a need to allot more research funding
as regard the study of a specific cancer rather than give the same category of cancers the
same funding.

Probably their country already establish how to cure a particular cancer while the
another kind of cancer they still have to allot more time and research thus necessitating
more funding.

No inequality, therefore.
3. In Mindanao, the southernmost and second largest of the Philippines'
islands, six of the 10 regions are among the top 10 nationally in terms of
poverty rates, with between 25 and 40 percent of families living in utter
poverty. Nationwide, the 30 most deprived provinces are home to more
than one-third of the Philippines' poorest families, resulting in
generational poverty that is incredibly difficult to emerge from. (Child
Fund International)