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An Example Of Sexism In Octavia Dawe

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Sexism is gendered inequalities that force individuals into feeling restricted, and cause those individuals into also feeling as if they can only play roles or complete tasks based on the society given gender roles.
One example of sexism would be when Octavia Dawe interviewed an individual and the interviewee stated how her male friend’s would make comments about how ladies belong in the kitchen making food . The men would make sexist jokes that would diminish women not realizing that the jokes they make about inequality and women themselves are actually serious and aggressive. The second example of sexism would be restriction. Another interviewee named Charlotte would be confronted by men asking inappropriate questions such as “Are you

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