The facts described above, and the principle of equality, suggest that each person ought to have an equal say in determining the common legal, economic and political institutions they live under.
The variable assessment of gender equality suggests, according to the Pew Research Center report, that "while egalitarian sentiments are pervasive, they are less than robust".
And yet other arguments for equality suggest that limiting the diversity of any gathering curtails the range of life experiences and perspectives in the room, and results in narrower, dumber decisions.
At first sight, girls' rise to mathematical equality suggests they should be invading maths-heavy professions such as engineering and that if they are not, the implication might be that prejudice is keeping them out.
"If women are not in the same roles as men, how can they be on the same wage?" Sam Smethers, chief executive of the Fawcett Society, which campaigns for gender equality, suggested more senior roles would go to women if they were offered on a part-time or job-share basis.
In this context, equality suggests that all beings are partners in the larger architecture of Dao.
Recent court decisions regarding marriage equality suggest that antiquated, religious based moral platitudes are not protected by the Constitution.
She argues that breadwinning and caregiving must be valued equivalently in order to achieve full gender equality: "I suggest that real equality, full equality, does not just mean valuing women on male terms.
The work questions if desegregation has led to some degree of racial equality while suggesting that discrimination still presents real dangers to the lives of people of color.
