Class Presentation Analysis II
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Although not fresh in my head, I remember the group with Goal #3: Promote gender equality and empower women. I remember it because they mentioned a lot about HIV/AIDS, which was my groups' topic. This just goes to show that many of our world's problems overlap. The reason for this is because many of the roots of these problems are the same: such as unemployment, homelessness, poverty, etc--problems grow exponentially and branch out from these base issues. This group's goal was to promote gender equality and empower women...they chose to focus on violence towards women. They then researched violence towards women in different parts of the world. For example, in Africa, when the man of the house dies, the women is exiled from her house (which renders her homeless and starts the cycle of problems again). They didn't directly make the point, but attitudes toward women are based very much on culture and customs. Much of it is based on religion. Think about the Middle East and Muslim women being covered up. Think of Christianity and the undeniable presence of masculinity (which has more to do with history and politics). Men and women are different! This is a problem that dates back to the beginning! This is an old problem, and an ongoing problem--something I don't see getting resolved by 2015 because of the psychological nature of it. Sometimes it's in fun and play...but other times the battle of the sexes can lead to violence. This is what we need to focus to get rid of by 2015. Maybe to strengthen their project, this group could do some research on men--try some reverse psychology; learn from opposites.