Gender Inequality: An Ethnolinguistic Analysis of Salon Conversation among Yoruba Women in Ibadan North Local Government Area, Ibadan, Nigeria
- June 24, 2023
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Gender Inequality: An Ethnolinguistic Analysis of Salon Conversation among Yoruba Women in Ibadan North Local Government Area, Ibadan, Nigeria
Oyetayo A. Bankale
University of Ibadan, Nigeria
DOI: https://doi.org/10.51244/IJRSI.2023.10514
Received: 15 April 2023; Revised: 16 May 2023; Accepted: 20 May 2023; Published: 24 June 2023
Abstract: This paper interrogates women-talk in selected salons in parts of Ibadan North Local Government Area, Nigeria through the Ethnolinguistic framework to determine perspectives towards gender equity/inequality in a bid to propose way forward, and within the salon space and hair value.
The research is largely quantitative and data collection on observatory participant basis. Secondary data on gender equity was also obtained through literature. True equity lies in achieving the intended societal impact of gender equity which is for the individual to be genuinely liberated and free to function optimally. The different postures and perspectives of the Yoruba woman present with issues in terms of gender equity and desires that should not be overlooked in the design of policies meant to liberate them within their respective contexts. Gender equity needs to be clearly defined within the context of peoples and their cultures.
Keywords: Gender Inequality, Salon, Yoruba women, South West Nigeria
I. Introduction
The wave of the social construct, gender equity, has not swept swiftly across the globe at a speed envisaged by originators of the legacy in view of differences in culture and governance. Some societies particularly within Africa still present with inequalities after a century and a half milestone struggles against it. Attempts by multicultural nations like Nigeria to eradicate inequalities and implant sustainable development has met with great challenges in view of excessive inequalities in the economic, power/leadership, educational, ethno-religious domains.
Gender inequality is a social construct regarding what society accords to females and males while equality means persons are provided with the same resources and opportunities; and equity can be defined as recognition of differences amongst persons and the allocation of equivalent resources and opportunities for each to achieve equal outcome.
