In Paragragh 6, Chan states that the high divorce rates can be minimised if people comprehend the differences between both genders. His stand may be appealing to some society- especially those that cannot understand and accept the variation between the males and the females. Yet, this point is invalid to many society. One have to first realise that divorce cases are attributed to a panoply of reasons, say, infidelity; it is not just one's lack of understanding of the differences in both male and female. Take Singapore for an example. Many divorce cases were due to the lack of love being exchanged between the couples. This is due to the urbanised country we are living in, and both males and females need to work to support their family. In the end, both lose interest in each other, resulting in a divorce incident. Hence, Chan's argument is not critical enough as he fails to look into the complexity of the issue of high divorce rates.

The author claims that divorce rate can be reduced through improved understanding of gender difference, which seems largely myopic as it seems to reduce the complexity of the divorce to one mere factor. In reality, divorces are caused by a multitude of problems characterized by the cultural context of the society one is focusing on. For instance, in Singapore, divorce has occurred not just because of gender differences, but is fueled by the economic pragmatism relatable to all Singaporeans, independent of their genders. This is evident in the working lifestyles of Singaporeans where they are found to have the longest working hours in the world. This implies that family time is sacrificed for economic progress which in terms lead to a souring relationship between couples. Hence, in this case, the way to reduce the tension between working lifestyles and relationships between couples is to actually slow down the economic progress or provide more time for couples to bond. As a result, since the cause of divorce does not stem from gender differences, the claim that divorce rate can be reduced through better understanding is actually a generalization that is only applicable in societies where such differences are salient in creating cracks between couples.

7. Khalis

Chan Wai Leong argued that there is a need for children to be taught gender education and not just sex education in schools. Gender revolution is changing rapidly and often have gone unrecognised and unacknowledged. Sex education only covers the physical and biological differences between males and females. However this is not enough. Gender education also have to be implemented to teach children about the psychological differences between the two. I agree with his view that gender education should be taught. In Singapore, there has been a significant increase in the number of divorce rates. One of the main causes for this is the lack of understanding between married couples which eventually leads to failed relationships. This may be dentrimental to Singapore's economy as broken families would result in the children suffering from psychological problems. As such, they would not do well in school and would not gain employment in the tertiary and quaternary sector. Thus, with gender education being taught to Singaporeans at a much younger age, they would be able to have a greater understanding of the opposite sex. Hence this may be solution to reduce the divorce rates in Singapore.

Chan wai leong claims that technology replaces manpower, therefore there is no need for strength, women can also contribute in jobs.

I fully agree with this statement put forth by Chan wai leong as i believe that technology can negate some disadvantages women posses in relation to men at the work place. For example, technology advancement can make men's superior brute strength obsolete. Machinery can allow women to contribute in jobs that could be otherwise impossible due to disadvantages in strength.

For example, women now can be trained to operate machinery to be able to work in the construction sector such as crane operates. In the context of Singapore, technological advancement in the military sector now allow women to better arm and equip themselves to protect our homeland which may seem impossible in the past. This opens up a whole new sector for women to contribute work in.

1. GR has become a norm in society (everywhere, affecting everyone)

Indeed, gender revolution has become a norm in society today. The pursue of human rights nowadays has enpowered individuals to challenge the conventional beliefs in the past. As society progresses. the differences between women and men in terms of intellectual capacity were reduced. This has allowed women to acheive simiar standings as men today. The widespread gender revolution nowadays happen because of the biasness the women have endured since civilisation started. As depicted by the author, women were bounded to their spouses and have to obey everything he says. The extend of such thinking made people believe that women are supposed to take care of the family while the husband are the main breadwinner. This may be the injustices women have been feeling for many years. With globalisation and an age of informational boom, women have taken this chance to voice out their discontentment and asked for changes to the ways they are treated. A more apparent example in Singapore today that shows the conflict between genders would be the recent general election on May last year 2011. New female candidates were proven to be popular to the general public. Candidates like Tin Pei Ling or Nicole Seah were the prominent females that have participated in the general election and were not being fearful of the conventional mindset that politics are only for the males. This male-dominated political sphere in Singapore has indeed faced some revolution from the females. Thus, changes have been made in different factions of society, ranging from job opportunites to promotions because the gender revolution would be harder to contain or resolve if it is not mitigated swiftly.

We need gender education in addition to sex education - to teach children not just biological/physical differences, but also psychological differences between males and females. Sex ed basically teaches us on how each of our reproductive system works and why both genders have sexual intercourse. It also tells us what and why we should or should not do with our body at an early age. Such education helps youngsters at primary and lower secondary school children debunk myths about the opposite sex and whilst learning more of their own. However, sex ed can be shallow to help the younger generation further understand the underlying reason why both genders are different in their own unique ways. Despite the technological advancements in our society and in this world which led to both males and females having equal opportunites and equal working status in society, there are still different mindsets and thinkings among both sexes. Learning about the reproductive organs of both sexes will not help people of this generation especially the young ones to understand the different connotations between both sexes. In some countries or societies, females need to be loyal to their husbands and will be stoned to death if they are found to are extramarital affairs. In some, females are regarded as the homemaker and their job is to stay at home to take care of the children and the family. On the other hand, males are the breadwinner and their main jobs is to bring home to money to feed their wives and children. This is esp. so in Asian Countries. Sex ed is also very prevalent in DCs as the govt makes it mandatory in the education system. For example, in SG, all pri students have to undergo sex ed, however the impact of the sex talk is not very great as it is superficial. We, students have all undertook this talk and frankly it does not really affect our thinking of the other gender. Therefore, gender ed in addition to sex ed will further improve and clarify the thoughts and misconceptions of one, and hence reducing the impacts and effects of gender discrimination and induce gender revolution!

Chan Wai Leong states that birth control has allowed women to control the size of their family and therefore, go to work. Also, it is also stated that due to the advancements in technology, manual labour is replaced by machines which previously could only be done by our male counterparts, this allows women to be able to work in this sector. However, i disagree with Chan's view that this is the main reason why women chose to limit their families to focus on their work instead. I believe that the introduction of better education and hence opportunities for women is the main cause. Presently, a good education system would cause women to be more ambitious with their lives and thus to achieve higher goals in their work and achievements. In addition, people with little or no education may not have access to the knowledge of such birth control methods, thereby eliminating the fact of even the use of it. In my society, Singapore, the high literacy rate and access the advanced technology such as the various birth control methods ultimately lead to a decrease a birth rate. This is due to the fact that women, whom are more educated, are able to compete with men in the corporate world. This gives rise to an increase in the number of ambitious women who wants to limit their families in order to progress further in the career. Therefore, the introduction of education is the cause.

In paragraph 7, Chan claimed that we still possess the same mindsets as our grandparents, despite technological advances. This means that we are still conservative and has stereotype about gender. I agree with his statement. Although we became more 'open', some of our old beliefs and thoughts are still deep-rooted in pur mind. One example of such thoughts and beliefs is gender role. In most country, especially in Asia, women are supposed to do household and take care of children. Although women are allowed to enter work, once they are married and they have children, it becomes more difficult for them to work outside as they are expected to take care of children and household at the same time. Six out of 10 working Korean women quit their jobs when they get married, and half of working mothers eventually decide to stay at home after having their first child, reports Chosun (March 23). Korea once practised Confucianism and women in Korea are still expected to do household and raise children. This stereotyoe about women taking care of household deters women from having jobs eventually results in gender inequality in terms of work. This example of Korean women shows that we are still stuck in the mindsets of our grandparents and hence I agree with Chan's statement.

Chan wai leong claims that with advancement in techonology, more women are able to come out to work in the society. I agree with this statement as women can cope with the jobs that are now not as strenuous. The industrial revolution about 200 years ago has led to great inventions such as steam engines that harness the power of water, steam, oil and electricity to replace hard labour. As a result jobs have become less labour intensive, giving both genders equal opportunities for employment. Jobs have also become more technical, suiting to the abilities of women. Thus, with suitable job vacancies, more women are able to work and earn extra income for their family.

Chan Wai Leong claims that the introduction of birth-control techniques is of the reasons that led to gender revolution. I agree with this statement as with birth-control techniques, women are able to put a limit to their families, thereby leaving them more time which presents them the opportunity to enter the workforce. Take the case of Singapore as an example, it is prevalent in Singapore's society so much so that there are increasing concerns for the low population growth rate and are currently experiencing aging population. This is because with birth-control techniques, some families may choose to and are able to delay and have children at a later stage after their marriage. As such, women get to enter the world of work and develop in this area. This can also be applicable to in the developing countries like India and China as programmes like family planning were implemented together with poverty-reduction policies to assist families in the rural areas to help them improve their standard of living - by reducing their burden of raising many children and to free them up to provide them jobs, thereby resulting gender revolution.

Chan claimed that we still possess the same mindsets as our grandparents despite technological advances over the years. In my perspective, I agree with his stand that the majority of us are still functioning on a traditional mindset where the different genders focus on their stereotypical job scopes despite machineries being built to aid in the labour intensive work. However, there has been an improvement where there is an increase in the number of women in the work force as compared to before. Despite this, this increase still remains insignificant in certain jobs, particularly jobs that require hard labour. In Singapore, it can be seen that a large number of men as compared to women are involved in jobs that require labour. This is evident through the workers at construction sites where it is seen to be male dominated despite machines such as cranes used to help in the labour intensive work. Hence, this shows that technology advances do not necessarily reform our perception regarding the expected gender roles conditioned before as the number of women in labour intensive work has not change significantly. Therefore, I believe that technology does not play a vital role in gender revolution.

Chan claims that high divorce rate due to gender conflict, can be resolved with the understanding of the two's differences. i personally believe that this claim is too simplistic and thus disagree with this statement. The difference between the two might not be the only reason as to why couples choose to end their marriage. Other factors such as busy work schedule of both parties, infidelity or even abusive behavior of one party might also be the reason for the high divorce rate. thus, it is too simplistic to say that just by solving the gender difference, the high divorce rate would be resolved. take Singapore for example. nowadays it is common to see young Singaporeans getting married at a young age. however, some of them are not well prepared for all the consequences of marriage and after a few years, they ended up divorce. therefore, other reasons also contributed to the high divorce and this cannot be resolved just by having a better understanding of the differences between the two sexes.

Chan claims that birth control is one of the factor contributes to gender revolution.

He believes that birth control has allowed women to control family size and therefore, women have opportunity to work.His arguement is supported by people in developed countries such as United States Of America, United Kingdom and other places which allow contraceptions. People in these countries believe that birth control has led to gender revolution because the stautes of women were no longer housewives that were kept at home and look after the children. Now with birth control methods such as contraceptive pills, condoms or abortion which allow women to control the size of the family have given women more free time to do things they favour such as cooking, baking or sewing. In Singapore, the country which allows birth control has empower women in the work force to have an equal footing with men. This is beacuse most women are equally qualified as men in terms of education standards which allow them to work in high positions in the work force. However, in order to stay competitve with men in the cooperate ladder, most married women choose to use birth control to have a smaller family while putting more focus at work. Thus, i support Chan's statement with context of Singapore. This is because birth control has given women opportunities to work in the paternal society which eventually contributes to gender revolution.

Chan claims that "gender education needs to supplement mere sex education in school." Here, he emphasises the need to teach students not just biological/physical differences between man and woman but also psychological differences between them. This will help students realise that since a relationship is built on both physical and emotional connections, it is important to be informed of these gender differences so as to better understand and complement one another. Moreover, by targeting this education at students, we are able to cultivate them from a young age into more mature, aware and capable students in terms of building relationships with the opposite sex. In the Singaporean context, although there have been advances in sexuality education, it is still rather shallow in the sense that it does not involve gender education. The Ministry of Education needs to realise the importance of gender education and how it supplements sexuality education, so that Singaporean students are provided with a more well-rounded and holistic view of the issue.

According to Chan Wai Leong, the gender revolution has become a norm in society today. Many people would have agreed with him as there is an increasing number of societies opening up to the idea of providing equal opportunites to women. Companies are more willing to hire female workers and schloarships are given based on merits, regardless of gender. In addition, empowering women is one of the UN Millienium Goals, thus, people agree with Chan Wai Leong's view that gender revolution is the norm today.

However, this is not true because women from countries in conservative societies such as India still suffer from discrimination. For example, in most Middle East countries, women cannot drive without men watching over them because they are deemed to be unsafe drivers. Moreover, women cannot be seen together with men alone, other than their husbands, fathers or brothers. This is due to the conventional thinking that it is an indecent act to be interacting with the opposite gender, and it only applies to women. With such restrictions and limited freedom, many women today still have to be very careful in their words and actions. Furthermore, inferring from the results of the US Presidential Election in 2008, there is a sense of insecurity in people to let a woman lead the country and hence Hilrary Clinton lost to Barrack Obama in the election.

Therefore, with discrimination against women in many parts of the world, even in a liberal society such as the US, how can we agree with the view that there is gender revolution occurring?

Chan Wai Leong claims that management style changed from confrontation to cooperative women feel at ease at workplace. I disagree with this statement because such claim is stereotypical. Not all women that are being cooperative feel at ease at workplace as it is evident that women have also shown confrontation style in their work too. For example, there are women who fight for their work for a status in their workplace which proves them not being cooperative women as the author claims. These women usually want to demand equality with men at work as they are the ones that enter the world of work much later than men. So, they wish to have an equal chance to complete with men in today's competitive world, which makes them aggressive at work. On the other hand, there are men that prefer to have co-operational style at work, rather than confrontation style. This is because there will be more work productivity as compared to a person who did his job individually. Therefore, I believe that the difference in management style will not affect the different gender.

Chan Wai Leong claims that Technology is one of the key factors that contribute to gender revolution. I agree with this statement because as ways of doing things has become more mechanised, it allows women to be involved in the workforce without having to use the element of strength, which is a dominant characteristic in most men. This was illustrated in the past when people carry out manual labour such as hunting and also jobs that are classified under primary industries such as mining and farming, during which Technology has yet to make its presence known to the world. Therefore, in the past, women were unable to commit themselves to jobs as they do not have the same capabilities as men and hence not able to earn themselves a decent income. However, in the modern society of Singapore that we live in today, we realise that Technology has become more developed. This is especially when more machineries were put in place in various industries such as engineering and manufacturing industries, that has indeed replaced manual labour in the past. Therefore, women are able to be actively working because they are able to utilise the strengths they have and expand their potential be it in the form of leadership or management skills which are essential in ensuring the progress of a particular country or an industry. Furthermore, as women get involved in operating such high-tech machineries, they are simultaneously upgrading themselves in terms of skills and status. Hence allowing women to achieve an equal standing as men in terms of their capabilities and are no longer regarded as incompetent in the eyes of the society.

Chan Wai Leong states that management style changed from confrontation to cooperative – women feel at ease at workplace. In this statement, he seems to claim that men are confrontation in workplace while women, on the other hand, are cooperative. However, I disagree with this statement as not all men are confrontation in workplace and there are still women who are aggressive in work. There are still female bosses that are dictatorship. for instances, Margaret Thatcher, the Iron Lady of Great Britain.

Chan claims that we still possess the same mindsets as our grandparents,despite technological advances. I largely agree with this point. There are still some people who treats women unequally due to past mindsets. In the Middle East, women are still being suppresed and not allowed equal rights. Laws against marital rape and spousal abuse are largely absent in the region, the so-called "honor" killings persist, and segregation and discrimination are still prevalent in educational and political institutions. These happens mainly because of the religion the people in Middle East have. As a result of their religion, they have the mindset that women are not supposed to be given equal rights as men. In Singapore's context, there are also some people with similar mindsets. Women working in the civil service are given unequal medical benefits and this have led to the perception that women are contributing less in the public sector. Throughout the years, the surname of a child follows the father and not the mother. In the past, people believed that doing so will pass down the family's name and do their ancestors proud. The unequal treatment of women in the Middle East is mostly due to religion, while in Singapore, the reason for unequal treatment of women is mostly due to tradition.

Chan claims that management style changed from confrontation to cooperative, and as a result women can feel at ease at the workplace. It has been scientifically proven that men are more analytical and systematic in workplaces, while women are more sensitive and better empathizers. Hence I agree that women will be more comfortable when the management style is cooperative. This is true in Singapore where efforts have been made to change the management stlye. This has resullted in more women climbing up the cooperate ladder, in both private and public sectors in Singapore. For example, many forums for women have been taking place, such as the Women Entrepreneurship Forum 2009 and the Singapore Women's congress 2004. These forums make managment style more cooperative such that they can learn from other successful women entrepreneurship.

In paragragh 1, Chan claims that Gender revolution has become a norm in society that is found everywhere and it affects everyone, however, I disagree with his view. Many people stereotype that men are expected to work mostly outside the home and help provide for their family, while women are expected to stay near or at home and care for the children, and to work in and around the house. However, in our society, women are stepping up in society to match up with the males' ability. For example, women now receive the same education as the males in Singapore instead of the norm of staying at home to do house chores. More women are working outside the home, which contradicts Chan's statement that Gender revolution is found everywhere.