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ELITE Vol.1, Issue 39, January 2022
Vol.1, Issue 39, January

Societal contrasts framed:

males and females

Yassmina Tarek - Level 4 - Economics, yasmina.tarek2018@feps.edu.eg
Our society is an open exhibition of contrasts. any mistakes, and when she does, her
Contrasts between the quote and the practice, punishment is exaggerated and strictly
and between the values and their undertaken.
implementation. Having a closer look on every If we; however, acted on the basis of the

day patterns and interactions, a lot of contrasts emotionality of females and the rationality of
could be recognized, for those who want to males, the case would be quite the opposite,
recognize. In this article, I am interested in emotions can be an excuse for faults and
highlighting some of those contradictions rationality means that mistakes are less expected

between the treatment of males and females. and thus of a more weight and accountability,
Society often perceives women as emotional but this is not the case in actual reality.
beings and that their emotions and hormones This is clearly obvious in raising up the two
affect their decisions, unlike men who are more genders in our society, and in a further point of

rational and deterministic. In accordance, men time, it is always the accepted norm that men
should occupy any leading position whether in a are leading and managing their families, man
family or in a profession as they are more represents the lord of his house, and his woman
responsible and decisive of their decisions and should abide by his directions, though when a

actions than women. However, we have always divorce takes place, it is always the
been raised on the basis that men can make responsibility of the wife and it is the woman
mistakes and it is acceptable, they can be who did not sustain a successful marriage,

forgiven as everybody makes mistakes, we can assuming that most of the time she is the main
merely say "a reckless boy who had regularly driver of the relationship’s failure. So a home is
mistaken". While on the other hand, it is a rule always the man’s responsibility then he should
that a girl is not allowed to make faults, she lead it all the time, unless a divorce happens
should be accountable and she has no space for

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