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Canadian Feminization Poverty
While society has experienced much progress in the recent decades, it continues to have problems when considering the influence that the traditional patriarchal model has on the world. Gender discrimination is present in a wide assortment of communities, ranging from developing countries (where it is a dominant concept) to first-world countries. Women in Canada experience great difficulty as they try to evolve as equal members of their community as a consequence of the fact that leadership figures in this country are focused on maintain conventional attitudes when concerning gender roles. Women generally have higher poverty rates in Canada and people in the country have come to consider that gender is a determinant factor influencing the concept of deficiency.
Women in Canada are vulnerable to poverty because of the government's position in regard to them. All social groups in Canada put across the concept regarding how it is normal for women to experience higher poverty rates. With the contemporary economic crisis affecting a great deal of individuals, it...
However, it appears that the Canadian government does not express any interest in women's condition and it generally prefers to consider that this particular group is no different from men when considering its vulnerability to poverty (Townson, 5).
It is essential for the authorities to acknowledge that this problem is important and to get actively involved in supporting women as they focus on improving their social status. In addition to the fact that the government is apparently reluctant to address issues that practically threaten the well being of the Canadian community, groups of women considered to be the most vulnerable are the ones that have the role of heads of families or older women living on their own. These women have no one to support them and they have to suffer in silence as the world ignores their problems (Townson, 5).
The fact that there are many underprivileged women in highly developed nations…
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