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Chante Lombre
Professor Fields
Writing & Inquiry in Academic Contexts
October 11, 2016
Literature Review

In many society today the topic of gender equality is a serious issues where different
opinion create an ongoing conversation. There are advantages as well as disadvantages for all
genders. However, does society tend to except one gender over another? Do men have more
benefits than women? Are female to male transgender more accepted that male to female
transgender? These questions are a part of the ongoing conversation on whether there are more
benefits one gender may have over another? According to articles, surveys and evaluation that
people have conducted, there is an inequality among genders and heterosexual males tend to
have more benefits than any other gender.
According to The Big Question Man vs. Female How Do Sex & Sexuality Affect An
Individuals Role In Society? Male do not view woman as equal. To be a woman in the world is
to experience, by submission or resistance, the entitlement of men to your body. (Moore)
Meaning to be a woman means being beneath a man. Moore witness a conversation where men
thought it was acceptable to harm their wives. The man asked But if we cant beat our wives . . .
what can we do (Moore) He believes being a man means he can punish and belittle women, as
if she is his property. Men have a clear advantage and that is their physical attributes. Two of the
points in The List of Male Privileges is the Ownership of Womens Bodies and the Privilege
of Violence Against Women. The fundamental inequality between men and women in our
society, is the idea that all women, by simply being a women, can have their reproduction

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regulated by the state and should be sexually available to men at any time regardless of their own
desires or consent. Being a man is being able to do anything to a woman with or without her
consent.
From the beginning of mankind, there was an arrangement, somewhat like a contract, that
defined gender roles according to Cope in On the Material Relations of Sex in Human Society.
Men will protect their woman and woman will be bear children and will not marry another man.
Gender roles was a choice for survival and now in some societies, gender roles defines a person.
Kate Kraft in The big Question Man vs. Woman How Do Sex & Sexuality Affect an Individuals
role In Society? She states In most African societies today, sexuality does not merely affect an
individuals role-it defines it. Male and females get treated a certain way because of their
sexuality.
Nevertheless, woman in the modern and democratic society has more rights that were not
given to the women before. Woman can now vote and govern there cities. A good percentage of
the worlds armed forces are women. Women today are involved in many organization and
leadership roles that were not available in the past. Many would say woman has more rights than
man. On debate.org eighty percent say that women have more rights than men in todays society?
One person said Women have so many more rights when it comes to children and child-rearing
than men. Women generally have an easier time in the court systems. Women dominate
university. Women get lenient sentencing due to a sympathetic jury. Women have doors held
open for them, their meals paid for . . . Whether or not a woman is raped she can say she was and
have any man taken straight to jail without question. If a man is raped he's not taken seriously
and often loses the case. 97% of money paid in alimony is paid from male to female dispute near
equal pay and they are favored for child support and any divorce case for that matter. They get

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into clubs free, get less tickets for traffic violations. According to Ebert, Women Are Better
Than Men. Ebert states that females make up more than half of all graduate students. Ebert also
states that to be a leader, a person must understand human nature as well as be compassionate
about those working for them, and empathetic with the needs of consumers. Women are better
equipped than men, according to Ebert. In Ebert article, he states that women are more aware of
human issues. Women understands what is important in the world better than men. In terms of
finances Ebert believes that women are more likely to agree with the idea of a higher minimum
wage. For most men, the minimum wage is important largely because of its impact on profits.
Ebert speculates that the reason why women are more likely to agree with a higher minimum
wage because they understand a higher minimum wage will better support a family.
However, according to Dube, women continue to pay the highest price, many trapped
from birth to death in the roles of virgin bride, chaste wife, and sexless mother. On debate.org
twenty percent believe that women do not have more rights than men in today society. One
person believed woman has be given more rights than before, but to say that women has more
rights than men is false and different situations causes different outcomes for males and females.
It states In today's society women do have much more rights than they used to have, but I do not
think that means they have more rights than men right now. Overall it is hard to say for sure who
has the most rights, because in some situations a woman might seem like they have more going
for them, but then compare that to a different situation it could be the exact opposite.
In Coopers Crazy Bitch he discussed the domination of male over females. Cooper is
transgender that transitioned from a female to male. He experienced the sexual harassment as
well as fear as a female. He also experienced being feared as a male. In Coopers article, he was
a victim of sexual assault when a busboy followed him into the walk-in cooler and mashed his

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fat slug of a tongue into the corner of his lips. (Cooper) Before Cooper transitioned, he didnt
feel like a female, but he was treated as though. He states that when he walked alone at night on
an empty street, he would cross the street when a man or group of men approached.(Cooper)
Now he is the guy he notice women crossing the street to avoid.(Cooper) Cooper understands
one benefit that man have over women personally, and that is the lack of fear of men in general.
One of the points in The List of Male Privileges is the Privilege of Safety it states that Men
dont live their entire lives in fear. There is no gender terrorism for men. Men can risk dropping
their guard, leaving their drink unattended at a party, having first-dates meet at their house, or
being alone at night Cooper experienced this privilege on both side, as a male and a female. His
experience proves that these privileges to exist.
It is to be believed that the male and female gender has more benefits than the male or
female transgender. The female to male transgender is more accepted then the male to female
transgender. The heterosexual male and females are more accepted then the homosexual males
and female also. Female homosexuals are more accepted then the male homosexuals. According
to Kate Kraft Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan recently signed a law criminalizing not
only homosexuality, but also membership in or encouragement of gay-rights organizations.
(Kraft) Being criminalized for ones sexual preference clearly displays the advantages one type
of gender has over another type.
The issues in todays society is not just about which gender has more benefits than the
other? The answer is a clear yes. Heterosexual male has more advantages than any other gender,
including transgender. The inequality of human beings is determined by the culture where we
grow up (Gomez) and the civilization of a nation may be measured by the degree of humanity
displayed by its men towards its women.(Cope) However it not just about the humanity

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displayed form men to women. Its about the humanity displayed from everyone to everyone.
Nevertheless, it can be said that heterosexual men contains more advantages than women and
transgender males or females. The issue will continue to go on until equality is reached.
Reaching equality is extremely important because it is something that many people dont
have but want. The surplus of advantages heterosexuals males have over any other gender is an
issue that needs to be discussed. A gender should not be discriminated base on his or her gender
and/or sexual preference. When researching the topic of sexual inequality, it was understood that
the problem in hand was recognized and comprehended my many. However, where this
inequality began is neither defined nor mentioned. This gap in research is an issue because if the
history is understood on how this inequality came about, how is the issue going to be resolved if
the more we know about the past, the better we are prepared for the future, that the less we
know about the past, the less we are prepared for the future. The lack of knowledge of where
inequality began will result in an underdeveloped solution or no solution at all to this issue.
Because equality is desired by many, the realization that heterosexual male have more
advantage than any other gender is extremely important. If one gender had the same qualification
as another, they both should be evaluated the same. However, because they are judged
differently, one will have more advantages that another. This is important because it is morally
wrong. Being morally wrong and having a great population that is not heterosexual males means
that a great amount of people are being treated unfairly and they may not be experiencing all the
things life has to offer.
As stated before, the history of how heterosexual males became dominate is not
discussed. It is to be believed that this inequality could have originated in the beginning of
mankind. Because males are stronger than females, males took power. Males could protect and

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hunt, and the act of protecting evolved in to leading, which comes with a lot of benefits. One
belief on why this gap continues to exist is because heterosexual males do not want this issue to
be evaluated. Proving that males still possess power. A majority of males have been leaders in
history, and that is understood. However, power and domination was not only given to males in
power. People tend to work with people who they fell comfortable with, i.e. look like and/or
share similar beliefs. So males in power worked with other males because men are stronger,
women roles were not seen as important.
The history of men in power is constantly being taught and discoveries about these
leaders are constantly being discovered. But in order to fill the gap, discoveries on why a
majority if people in power are men? Why are men still the individuals that get a higher wage?
Why are a majority of men not afraid to walk down the street when a group of men are
approaching? Why are men not view as whores if he is a stripper or if he slept with an abnormal
amount of females? Research and/or an evaluation of on the history how and why heterosexual
males have more benefits that any other gender may solve the issue of inequality and then
equality may be felt by all genders.

Work Cited
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