Gender & Equality Rights in South Africa

11 Scenarios in This Domain

• Sport Is for Boys
  Girls are excluded from sport or activities on the basis of gender alone
  Free foundational
• Boys Get Their Own Room
  Resources within the home are distributed unequally along gender lines
  Free foundational
• A Woman's Place Is in the Kitchen
  Women are told their role is exclusively domestic and that professional or public ambition is inappropriate
  Free foundational
• Men Are the Head; Women Must Obey
  Domestic authority is used to demand unconditional compliance from a wife or female partner
  Free intermediate
• Women Cannot Inherit
  A woman is told she cannot inherit from the family estate because she will marry into another family
  Free advanced
• We Only Promote Men Here
  Workplace promotion is withheld from a woman based solely on gender
  Free intermediate
• Women Cannot Hold Leadership
  A woman is excluded from a leadership position solely on the basis of her gender
  Free intermediate
• A Woman Who Argues Back Is Disrespectful
  A woman's assertiveness is labelled a character flaw to suppress her voice
  Free foundational
• Women Are Too Emotional to Decide
  Women's decision-making capacity is dismissed using the stereotype of emotional irrationality
  Free intermediate
• You Need Your Husband's Permission to Open a Bank Account or Sign a Contract
  A bank, institution, or family member tells a married woman she must obtain her husband's consent before she can transact, open an account, or enter into a contract.
  Free intermediate
• Reporting severe domestic abuse to the police
  A survivor of severe physical abuse arrives at a police station to open a criminal case but is redirected to a protection order instead of having a criminal docket opened.
  Free intermediate