23_Lee+Jun+Hui+Sean

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Name:Sean Lee Jun Hui Class:2LY Date:2/3/2011 Component 3 corrections. (After revision 23/30)
 * Argument 1 ** :I agree that gender inequality is still prevalent in the world, as women are disadvantaged at work. The root of this problem could be due to the fact that some think that women are less capable than men, which is most probably due to the traditional mindset or belief that women are to stay at home and to do housework and care for their children, while men will got out to work and provide for the family. There are usually more male CEOs or presidents than female CEOs or presidents. This statement can be reinforced by statistics, which is done in the United States of America in 2008. The statistics show that around 15.7% of companies have women as their CEOs or presidents, and out of this, only twelve are CEOs or presidents of major companies like PepsiCo and Kraft foods. Even though news are proving that females are taking up jobs, the jobs that they are taking up are low paying and have long working hours, like farmers, maids, and construction workers. Another study in England has shown that two-thirds of 3500 employers prefer male bosses to female bosses, as they say that female bosses are moody, and incapable of separating personal and work matters. This lead to gender stereotype and unequal job and promotion opportunities.
 * Argument 2: ** Gender inequality still exists today, especially in the Islamic countries,like Libya ,Yemen and Kuwait. This could be especially due to the middle-eastern men thinking of women as ‘birth-machines’. Giving births to females will result in the women being kicked out of the house,and she will have to see her ‘husband’ bringing in another woman capable of giving birth to a male baby.About 80 percent of the Islamic population are illiterate and about 70 percent of this figure are women. This can mean that some males there take advantage of their wife, as the women there cannot voice out their opinions and thoughts about their abusive husbands. This shows that the women there have no rights or say. A news article alerted the whole world. An afghan teenager was disfigured by her relatives. This was due to her escaping a planned marriage with a Taliban fighter. Her relatives then cut her nose and ears off,and this proves that middle-eastern women have no rights in their marriages. Also,the women there are also not allowed to drive, or even ride bikes,as some have traditional mindsets that men should be the only one driving.This adds on to the restrictions that women have in Islamic communities.
 * Argument 3: ** Gender inequality is still prevalent today, especially in countries like china, India and Saudi Arabia, where female infanticide is common. In china, this is most probably due to the ‘one-child policy’, which allows couples in china to have only 1 child, in which having 2 or more will result in fines, and this heightened the disdain for female infants, as people prefer to have males as many in china want their family surname to be carried on. This can be proven by statistics, with the ratio of one hundred and fourteen males for every hundred females among babies from birth through children four years of age,which is above the normal ratio of hundred and five males to hundred females.The female infants are usually neglected,abandoned,or murdered. There is also a similar case in India, where there are nine hundred and fifty females for every one thousand males,and the female infants are also treated cruelly, left alone to die. In Saudi Arabia , a news report said that they found female infants buried under sand , and the cause of their death was most probably due to the fathers of the female infants burying them alive, as they only want male infants. In conclusion, female infants are treated cruelly, and hence the gender inequality.

ELEARNING ASSIGNMENT: I disagree with the statementthat we should replace teachers with problemsas these ‘teachers’’. It could be problematic as if there were to be a disputebeing escalated into a fight at the class, the avatar cannot avatars. Replacingteachers with robots could potentially arouse many p stop the fight physicallylike a teacher would be able to, and this leads to injuries of the students. Anotherspecific example would be if there were to be an Emergency Evacuation Exercise,or In Placed Protection, the Avatars could not ensure the safety of thestudents, as it would not be able to guide and lead the students to the path ofsafety, like a teacher would have done.