Abstract
"Gender? is too often addressed to "women? whereas in fact it refers to the relation between the two genders, masculine and feminine. Gender is defined as "a social construct? used to differentiate men and women from each other besides the biological factors (see lexicon). However, "gender issues? imply the idea of gender asymmetry, meaning the overall domination of men over women in society. If this is of course a generalization, it is no accident if women are absent (or strongly underrepresented) in the political and economic powers in most countries today, including in Western Europe. Adopting a "gender-perspective? therefore means questioning "male power? and trying to understand why and how our societies are shaped by the difference between the genders.
