Gender Inequality In Developing Countries

Although we might think that developing countries are worse than developed countries when it comes to gender inequality, we still observe this problem in both types of countries. Inequality issues that is seen in many countries throughout the world is the lack of participation in politics from the women 's side and the difference in salary between men and women. These can be due to the fact that men are more privileged and women are seen as less productive. Alene et al. (2008) (as cited in Cuberes & Teignier, 2013) argue that in Western Kenya, although women work as hard as men do, women are not given a chance to voice their opinions and give their ideas about how the company could benefit. In their studies, Williams, Levy Paluck and Spencer-Rodgers (2010), analysed the relationship between men and money and this association is sometimes believed to occur out of our conscious awareness. This unconscious male-worth stereotype may have an effect on employers who become gender biased when they want to hire someone. This stereotype could also be implied in the 'paradox of the contented female worker ', where females associate wealth with men and so are not so likely to request a salary that is equal to that of a male doing the same job as them (Cuberes & Teignier, 2013). Feminists would argue that this is imbalance and is unfair on women, and that change in inequality should occur on the societal level. Some groups and institutions in society associate feminism with wanting