When did inequality between genders start exactly and why?

It is difficult to say whether we will ever find the definitive answer to your question, but I might be able to provide some direction in your questions. Specifically, you asked: in olden days, men were considered as the head of the family, of course even now. After all, when did this start? read more

Again, it is tough to say exactly, but you might want to look into the idea of pater familias, which was the head of the Roman family. The pater familias had to be a male, Roman citizen, and had legal privilege over the family property, and to some extent, over other family members, including his wife and children. read more

Sally Kitch, director of the Institute for Humanities Research at Arizona State University has covered 300 years of history tracing the connection between gender and race, and why the world sees men and women so differently. read more

The one most directly related is What Causes Gender Inequality: Analytical Foundations; a more general class, What Causes Inequality: Analytical Foundations, may provide materials for broader questions about different kinds of inequalities and how to think about gender inequality in relationship to them. read more