Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

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that men do, and women duties were to stay in a house setting. They were not able to dream big like men, their aspirations were held to a limit due to the power the men held in the novel.

Women have made significant progression in the work environment, but inequality persists. Gender stereotypes are difficult to break and, like it or not, we all have engaged into this stereotype subconsciously. As a social worker, it is our obligation to show a commitment to the clients we are serving. According to NASW Delegate Assembly (1999), “Social workers primary responsibility is to promote the well-being of clients. In general, clients’ interest is primary” (NASW Delegate Assembly, 1999, p. 3). As a society, we have to continue encouraging individuals to go beyond generalizations and recognize the contributions male or female has to this existing problem, can make to the work environment and relationships at home. Gender inequality is defined as the divergence in status, power, and prestige between individuals who identify as woman and men.

Real World Implications:

Gender inequality imbalance still exists in the United States, regardless of our unwillingness to acknowledge it. In the United States, as well as in other societies, gender relationships are changing, and inequalities among men and women are questioned in every sphere – at work, in the home, and out in the social settings. Joan L. Griscom states, “Sexism is sufficiently interfused with heterosexism that they are hard to separate. Often sexism enforces a social role on women in which they are subordinated to men” (The Case of Sharon Kowalski and Karen Thompson: ableism, heterosexism, and sexism, n.d, p. 479). However, the facts prove that gender gaps and inequalities persist, even despite startling social and economic transformations and influential movements to challenge women’s subordination. Women equality is a human right and core civil principle in the United States. Women are essential contributions to the economy and nation in innovative and exciting ways. Women are vital to the prosperity of businesses to battlefields, and security of our country.

It is essential to understand how dominant presumptions can be in forming continuous social connections in all social groups, to know why gender inequalities are so difficult to overcome. Gender equality is not impossible to attain. However, the struggle is constant and is sure to have ups and downs. The fight for gender equality should be perceived of how people think, even as laws and institutional arrangements open new paths. People perceptions about what women and men can and should do have a long way to catch up with the new possibilities established by education, economic innovation, and equal legal rights.

Zora Neale Hurston states equality must be earned and not given due to values, ethics, and morals promoted by society in her novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, through thematic topics. The author explores the thematic issues of love, ambition, independence, racism, domestic relationships, and sexism while at the same time utilizing writing techniques and narrative conventions to support the truth. Since society promotes values, morals, and ethics that lead to inequality, one must earn their equality. A person true happiness is discovered only when you have self-acceptance and ambition for humanity to advance in a positive direction, but we must live and not just exist in the world. However, one must also keep in mind that inequality should never be accepted by any human as we are all meant to be equal through the eyes of God