Sexuality Case

time housewife. This was accepted and as a female child this would be most likely the outcome of their life where independence wasn't really something that was sought out after. Also right up until the 1980's women were not allowed to take out loans or mortgages from the bank again undermining their independence. On the other hand men had rights to vote and were seen as powerful figures in society and had unlimited access to jobs, for example, priesthood.

Ireland over the years has progressed in means of gender equality. Today both male and females have the same rights to education and are both given equal opportunities and power. This is evident when you look at the past two presidents of the country. Mary Robinson and Mary McAleese are proof of how inequality is slowly being eliminated. It seems that we have moved on from a time when woman were seen to be naturally weak, emotionally unstable and believed to have smaller brains than men but belief in a direct biological basis for gender difference and inequality persists. (Quinn, 2009, p.129)

Nowadays the role of the male has also changed, it is now socially acceptable for a man to stay at home and look after the children and clean the house while his wife earns the income. Apart from the obvious benefits of work for women, that is to earn money, to provide for themselves and their families, working outside the home offers woman a source of independence. It also offers them a sense of satisfaction, intellectual fulfilment, career progression or a chance to develop person and social skills. (Quinn, 2009, p. 121). Despite that fact, employment of women in the E.U especially in Ireland is low due to expensive childcare costing up to 20% of income which shows that women are still seen more obligated to be the day carers of their children. (Quinn, 2009, p. 121-122).

In conclusion, whether you were born male or female and the differences it makes depends on where you are born, your culture and societies and the time period in which you were born in. For example, when a female is born into Ireland today they will have equal rights and equal opportunities to men whereas if a female was born 100 years ago they would have been treated completely different to a male and would have less of a say and less opportunities. In an ideal world in the next 100 years inequality will be minimised even further and men and women will be equal all over the world in all cultures but unfortunately I think this is an unrealistic goal as many cultures are unwilling to change and evolve. Not only has the opportunities of a child changed but also has the outcome of sexual orientation. Today, being born a particular gender doesn't define what a child or person is capable of or what they are able to achieve within boundaries it is something they