In recent years, few areas of sociology have achieved such development or are central to this discipline as the study of gender relations. To a greater extent, this reflects changes in society itself. Modern social research in psychology does not talk about biological differences between genders but explains the social and situational causes of inequality. By identifying and explaining the reasons, there is an opportunity to overcome this problem and achieve gender equality. Women are usually the driving force in this process, but society can accept changes more quickly. It is necessary to recognize the injustice of traditional attitudes and understand that restrictions exist for women, men, and other genders.
With the current COVID-19 epidemic and unprecedented lockdown measures worldwide, economists are thinking about changes in the gender component in the labor market as well. Limitations in the effort to stop the spread of the virus could cause domestic violence to become more frequent, severe, and dangerous (Taub, 2020). In addition, it is known that a large proportion of health workers, especially nurses, are women, which enhances the risk of women becoming ill and can lead to increased economic instability or even mortality (How are women uniquely, 2020). The pandemic threatens to back the progress made in women’s economic empowerment, which will widen the gender gap that persists.
To date, the role of women in society has increased many times over, both in the economic, social, and political spheres of public life. However, all this is the result of a long and stubborn struggle that women have waged for several centuries. Thus, the fight against inequality should be based on women’s access to leading positions, ridding society of violence everywhere (Guterres, 2020). In addition, unpaid care and domestic work should be recognized and valued through the provision of public services.
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Taub, A. (2020). A new COVID-19 crisis: Domestic abuse rises worldwide. The New York Times.