inequality vs inequity
Definitions
noun
- lack of equality
Examples
Government regulation did not end inequality or banish corporate influence in politics.
But its impact on class inequality ... is to sharpen class division.
We might describe feminism as a political project to understand and, therefore, to change women's inequality, exploitation, or oppression.
Definitions
noun
- injustice by virtue of not conforming with rules or standards
Examples
I remember from my old Organizational Psychology that while money isn't a motivator, "inequity" is a demotivator.
The inequity of allowing windfall profits to be appropriated by private landholders can thus be demonstrated more clearly than in George's day.
Social inequity gives a lower status to women as being less important, less capable, less central and less valuable than men in society.
