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The social investigation was conducted by Freedom House. The organization’s Freedom in the World report entitled Worst of the Worst: The World’s Most Repressive Societies 2009 enumerates the bottom 21 countries and territories with regards to repression of human freedom. Here are some of the worst of hell on earth: North Korea is the nadir of freedom [...]

Sex appeal in advertising is really a gender linked appeal. That is why much of the ethical debate revolves around the hue and cry of the female sector and the concerned groups that champion the cause of gender insensitivity and gender inequality. The campaign against sex appeal advertising is really a campaign against the discriminatory and exploitative [...]

According to a complaint of Amnesty International (AI), women in Iraq suffer from systematic discrimination and violence directed against them specifically because of their gender. AI has also noted that Iraqi law allows ‘honorable motives’ in murder cases of women by their husbands, parents, and teachers. These result in exemption from criminal [...]

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai recently signed a law that legalizes rape in marriage. When marital rape is a cause of disdain and concern all across the globe, here is one country where it is permitted by virtue of law. It is said that Karzai signed the law in his desperate bid to win the votes of fundamentalist groups of the country’s Shiite [...]

Discrimination based on gender, especially discrimination against women has led to attitudes, conditions, or behaviors that promote stereotyping. More often, this stereotype is comparatively considered ‘less,’ ’weak,’ and ‘inferior.’ At times, the attitude towards the disadvantaged sex is contempt, disregard, or hatred. Sexism occurs when [...]