Gender Talk #1: “Love and money in gender equality”

January 23, 2019

On January 17, 2019, opening Gender Talk #1 at Hoa Sen University, in a sincere and open atmosphere, Ms. Doan Thi Ngoc, lecturer in the Department of Liberal Education, Faculty of Social Sciences, spoke Briefly share the purpose of Gender Talk: to raise awareness of Gender and Gender Equality for everyone through presenting, sharing, exchanging, learning from each other, and exploring multi-dimensional perspectives on gender. Gender and Gender Equality trends in Vietnam and internationally.

Ms. Doan Thi Ngoc (Red Ao Dai) – Organizer of Gender Talk #1

Gender Talk #1 focused on sharing the following three topics:

• The language well,
• Youth views on body image, and
• Love and Money in Gender Equality.

According to the Six Sense group, the nature of Cong-Dung-Ngon-Hanh is detrimental to women because this concept only imposes on women. Technology society 4.0 is changing rapidly and women today have many opportunities and equal rights in the family and in society. Therefore, the concept of Cong-Dung-Ngon-Hanh may need to change. According to the Six Sense group, we should boldly build new values ​​such as: Confidence – Self-respect – Independence – Self-determination for both men and women. These concepts of course include Cong-Dung-Ngon-Hanh’s new concepts. Individuals, families, and schools should not teach girls or women the psychology or ideology of being dependent on men and need to eliminate patriarchal ideology.

The second topic is about Body Image, the male group believes that not everyone is born with the advantage of appearance and that an unattractive appearance can be detrimental in communication and applying for a job. Each person has a different beauty, it is important that everyone builds their inner beauty.

The third topic is Love and Money in Gender Equality. Speaker Nguyen Thi Ngoc said that gender equality refers to the equal positions and roles of men and women and creates conditions for everyone to have equal opportunities and benefit from their contributions. So how do we achieve gender equality? Are we just sitting there waiting for gender equality? In reality, sex costs still skew toward men. Is that equal? The speaker shares a story related to a couple’s love and money. Men and women both love each other dearly and seem to be equal in money and many other aspects. However, men often require women to pay attention, take care of them, and be present when they need them. Ms. Ngoc said that this case has been consulted many times, but it is very difficult to resolve because both sides cannot find common ground. This couple eventually broke up and left many concerns for social work experts and psychologists.

Moving on to the discussion part of the seminar, the public asked many questions and enthusiastically discussed different stories and multi-dimensional understandings of gender equality. The audience believes that although women are participating a lot in social work, they still have to take on housework, especially housework is still not considered by many people to be truly valuable work and is not included in the calculation. Country’s GDP.

Some audience comments about GENDER TALK #1

“After studying Gender and Development, I became very interested in issues related to gender. That’s why Gender Talk has created interest for me right from the name. And indeed, the extremely attractive and engaging talks from Hoa Sen students and experts have helped me gain more knowledge about gender issues, gender stereotypes as well as gender imbalance. and is happening every day in the lives around us. Previously, when I did not know knowledge about gender, I assumed it was the truth. I really hope Gender Talk will continue and develop for 3 reasons. Firstly, the vast majority of people are not or are vaguely equipped with gender equality knowledge due to the educational style of Asian culture being cautious about gender issues and influenced by Confucianism. Second, gender inequality needs to be exposed to be put on the table for frank debate and enough knowledge to reach a consensus. Finally, Gender Talk is where gender stereotypes are broken and all questions and opinions are voiced, understood and discussed. As for myself, coming to Gender Talk, I can also discuss and debate with friends and experts about questions and perspectives on gender so that I can gain more knowledge and a more multi-dimensional perspective on gender. the rights and responsibilities of oneself in particular and the community in general to have proper and civilized behavior and actions. I will definitely participate in Gender Talk next time and thank the organizers very much for creating a program that truly benefits the community.” 

(Huynh Yen Nhi, 3rd year student majoring in Marketing at Hoa Sen University)

“Gender Talk is truly an extremely lively and meaningful meeting and exchange of knowledge. Here, there are not only the presence of students and lecturers of Hoa Sen University, but also many other individuals or groups, from different universities, and also guests. parents too. This shows that the importance of knowledge about Gender and Gender Equality in modern society is not only followed by experts, but is also one of the hot topics that young people as well as women are concerned about. you pay attention. After the recent Gender Talk, I heard a lot of sharing and personal stories that I probably would never have known if I hadn’t been there. Immersed in lively knowledge, as well as the atmosphere of a professional environment, I think the next Gender Talk will bring more useful things, more interesting stories, and more valuable lessons. .”

(Tran Trong Ngan – 2150358 – student at Hoa Sen University evaluates himself after participating in Gender Talk #1)

 “Thanh is one of the guests who attended this afternoon’s program. We would like to send our sincere thanks to Ms. Ngoc as well as the group of speakers for organizing an interesting program and asking questions so that each audience can reflect and recognize the problem. We do not have the ambition to change society on gender issues and gender equality after just one talk show, but recognizing the problem is the first step on that journey.”

(Thai Ho Thien Thanh)

Doan Thi Ngoc and Lu Thi Hong Thanh