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Gender equality. Does it deminish the differences between sexes? It's a popular topic nowadays. Actually i was the one in my city to initiate a project in the south of Moldova, Gagauzian autonomy, Vulcanesti city. Where we have a greate dimension of traditional education in the local families. Our team tried to teach shcolars a balanced approach on gender equality. Our manager was from France and she told us one day: "In my country i could do all the hard work by myself and stand in public transport when i wanted to, but when i came here, my friends and their relatives don't allow me to carry something hard. That's why i feel deprived sometimes, but at the same time i understand that it's the way they show respect to me as for a women." Even our society is old-fashioned and doesn't perceive this gender equality in all the spheres of life, some "good" examples our men took from this idea. For example, when you go by bus you can hear a man talking "why this wife went to police because her husband beats her? Can't she just go thrue it and forget? That was wrong how she deed with her husband!" or if a sick women stands in public transport young and progressive man say "oh, it's now equality in our society, let her stand up and savurate this equality". Another bright example is the case when man is having a weekend (or doesn't work at all) and his wife carries huge bags from shop every day, she takes care of kids and works hard in office. What a dream, now she can demonstrate how strong she is and work hard as a man, but she should not forget about her role as a women. After all this happened in our society, i feel that man sometimes take too much profit from gender equality. The way we taught our students is that not only we should care about equal possibilities for each person, independant from gender, we also should keep in mind the beautiful and unique differences we have in physical structure, way of thinking and how well we should organise our cooperation to complete each other and support where we have the need. Of course, usually wemen need help in physical efforts (their reproductive system can suffer from exсcecive burden) and men need emotional support. This can differ sometimes depending on individuality, but most of times this unique features of gender should be taken into account to avoid this abuses.

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It's a popular topic nowadays. Actually I was the one in my city to initiate a project in the south of Moldova, Gagauzian autonomy, Vulcanesti city. Where we have a great dimension of traditional education in the local families. Our team tried to teach scholars a balanced approach on gender equality. Our manager was from France and she told us one day: "In my country I could do all the hard work by myself and stand up on public transport when I wanted to, but when I came here, my friends and their relatives don't allow me to carry anything hard (heavy?). That's why i feel deprived sometimes, but at the same time I understand that it's the way that they show respect to me as a women." Even our society is old-fashioned and doesn't perceive this gender equality in all spheres of life, some "good" examples our men took from this idea. For example, when you go by bus you can hear men say "why did the wife go to the police because her husband beat her? Can't she just go through it and forget ? That was wrong how she dealt? with her husband!" or if a sick women stands on public transport and a young and progressive man says "oh, there is now equality in our society, let her stand up and enjoy? this equality". Another bright example is the case when a man has a weekend (or doesn't work at all) and his wife carries huge bags from the shop every day, she takes care of the kids and works hard in the office. What a dream, now she can demonstrate how strong she is and work as hard as a man, but she should not forget about her role as a women. After all this happened in our society, I feel that man sometimes gains too much from gender equality. The way we taught our students is that not only we should care about equal possibilities for each person, independant from gender, we also should keep in mind the beautiful and unique differences we have in physical structure and in our way of thinking. Therefore we should cooperate to complete each other and support each other where we need to. Of course, usually women need help in physical efforts (their reproductive system can suffer from exсcecive burden) and men need emotional support. This can differ sometimes depending on individuality, but most of times this unique features of gender should be taken into account to avoid these abuses.
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Yuliya, this is very well written. Maxim has already done a great job with corrections. May I comment on content? I agree with you that it important to separate the real issues of gender inequality from superficial ones. The examples you give are excellent. Women should expect to earn the same as men for similar jobs, should have help from their husbands with home, chores, and children, and should have the same level of respect.I think that many countries are making progress with these points. But men should remain gentlemen, and being politically correct shouldn't excuse a man from (or anyone else) from being polite. Example: On an airplane. A woman in her 60's was having trouble lifting her bag into the overhead compartment. No one offered to help. She handled it very well: "Will none of you gentlemen help me?" On a bus- college students were sitting and chatting, ignoring a pregnant woman with a young child. They had to be told to stand and let her sit. In your example of the sick woman and the "progressive" man, someone on the bus should have had a chat with him! (And I have.) I open doors for women, offer to lift packages for anyone who looks like they might need help, and would never think of not offering my seat on a bus or metro to ... just about anyone. That's the way I was raised. And I know that my son does the same!

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