Gender equality is only achievable when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.
Gender equality is a societal change that makes it now possible for a flight attendant to get a pilot pregnant.
Gender equality is a thing traditionally rationalized by an attitude of "romantic paternalism" which, in practical effect, put women, not on a pedestal, but in a cage.
Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.
Gender equality is contrasted with racial discrimination in that with racial discrimination, people knew it was odious. With gener-based differentials, many people thought that the law always operated benignly in women's favor.
Gender equality is vital to our democracy — Even the Declaration of Independence starts out 'all men are created equal', is important to make the equality principle everything the founders would have wanted it to be if they weren't held back by the society in which they lived and particularly the shame of slavery.
Gender equality is uniquely not part of the US constitution. Every constitution written since the end of World War II includes a provision that men and women are citizens of equal stature. Ours does not.