Discrimination Based On Gender And Gender Discrimination

Gender bias, also known as sexism, is a full of attitudes, laws, taboos, preferences, and behaviors that differentiates and discriminates against either sex. These may be a position of which male dominance and female subjugation in the modern society. It could also be a form of sexual stereotypes between men and women, these are commonly experienced in employment versus other positions. A final place that discrimination is faced is the academic environment, the female to male ratios are not in sync in certain programs and courses because of this and it is pressuring men and women to not go into certain fields and do what they love and please. Most advertisements on Television, magazines, newspapers, online ad’s, use a charged sexually image with a female as the star. Women are to be a pleasure for men, and nothing else. Many people have different opinions on genders and sexuality and that is okay, but sometimes you just need to keep them to yourselves.

In the mid-1900’s, in the American South, discrimination based on both race and gender was blatantly recognized as socially appropriate, and the attitudes of majority factions with such norms in mind were reflected in numerous instances of public policy. One of such instances was a public policy which enabled a Woolsworth’s in Greensboro, North Carolina, to forbid people of color from sitting at the store’s lunch counter. In response to the oppressive nature of this policy, four black students ignored the rule which restricted them—an act of civil disobedience which was erupting all over the region—and took seats at the forbidden lunch counter, demanding to be served. Such instances, labeled ‘sit ins,’ were often recognized as illegal behavior and were treated as such by local law enforcement, who arrested those who resisted their oppression. When questioned during a televised debate as to how he could advocate for citizens of a society to break the law, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. responded with a statement which echoed the demands for justice across the world, a statement to which he was sure that his opponent would have to agree: that “an unjust law is no law at all.”

The Great Depression was the big economic crisis in the 1930’s. People lost their homes, their jobs, and their dignity. Not until the middle of the 1950’s did the stock market return to pre-depression levels. During this unfortunate time people hunted for good paying jobs, but were unable to find them. To this day class in this country is under scrutiny. The middle-class is vanishing before our eyes as the poverty level increases and the wealthiest class becomes larger. Not only was there great inequality in the U.S. during the great depression, but also there was still very strong dislikes toward anyone of color. Racism in this country is still prominent today along with class inequality.

1. Even though America has come a long way in equality, the race for job equality is not fulfilled quite yet. 2Accoring to Neil Kokemuller, an active business man, men accurately make 77 cents more to the dollar than women who have the exact same job. (2016) 3. “The average American man makes 70-80% more money, doing the exact same jobs as the American woman.”(regender.org 2015) 4. This incredible jump in pay also influences the idea that the majority of women in America are living in poverty. 5According to Stephanie Cholensky, “The United states currently ranks 65th in pay equality.”(Cholensky, 2015) 6 Women who work just as hard as men but do not get payed the amount is a prime example of gender discrimination. 7Maybe women wouldn’t be so

Isms in society have a way of dividing the country down many different lines of identity; for example, ethnicity, age, weight, and religious preference are aspects that compose an individual that are often discriminated against. With recent events, the issue of sexism was made apparent to Americans. Sexism is defined by Merriam-Webster dictionary as, “prejudice or discrimination based on sex; especially :discrimination against women” (Sexism).

Racial discrimination and sexism are types of discrimination. Racial discrimination is a notion that race is the first or most significant of human qualities and abilities and that racial differences produce a built-in (quality of being better than everything else) of a particular subspecies. Sexism is detrimental, pre-decided wicked opinions, behavior, conditions, or attitudes that help develop prejudiced mental pictures of social roles based on gender. There are multiple differences between racial discrimination and sexism. How should we understand the difference between racial discrimination and sexism?

Sexism has been a problem since the existence of man and woman. It brings on the controversial issue of men and women, and how they are not considered equal in society. There are many different perspectives on sexism and whether or not it still exists. Feminist writers such as Daly, Frye, and Millett all stress the way in which women have been subject to the power of men and how the female self is ‘invaded’ by patriarchal conditioning. Frye, in particular, has a strong opinion on the issue. As Jean Grimshaw states in her article, Autonomy and Identity in Feminist Thinking, “Frye sees women as simply ‘broken’ and then ‘remade’ in the way that suits their masters.”

Ratified into law in 1920, the 19th amendment guaranteed that women now had the right to to vote in elections. This began a long journey for women to treated and recognized as equal to men. That journey is far from over. Sexism is the unfair treatment of a person or people based solely on their gender and is mostly seen against women. In the United States, it is generally believed that as a nation, equality is a fundamental right and is given freely to all who live here. People are treated fairly. Unfortunately, that is not necessarily true. Although many believe that all genders have equal rights, sexism is a major problem because of sexism against males and females, violence against LGB, and discrimination against transgenders.

As stated in the oxford dictionary a stereotype is ‘a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing’. Stereotyping is a normal, automated aspect to our thinking process and hence is a vast implication to our outlook on society. Stereotyping is a widely observed Psychological topic and it has been suggested that sex, race and age are the most prevalent aspects to stereotyping (Mackie, Hamilton, Sussking and Rosselli,1996.) Therefore discussing all areas and aspects is far beyond the scope of this essay, hence I will be focusing on sexism and present the explanations surrounding this prejudice and discrimination.

Gender Discrimination is a type of discrimination where basing on a particular person’s gender (or) sex a person is discriminated, majorly this type of discrimination is faced by women and girls.

Sexism refers to the attitudes and behaviors based on sex stereotypes, or cultural assumptions attached to being male or female that disadvantage and discriminate against individuals on the essence of sex (Roessner). Sex stereotypes are typically something that is taught in our early childhood, and kept up throughout the rest of our lives. As children, sexism is instilled in us, in ways such as sports that we get separated into. Personally, I was indirectly taught sexism in the same ways as other children, along with religion. The main problem with sexism existing is that it implies that men are more status-worthy than women. Despite the disbelief of our generation today, sexism is still in existence, especially in the workplace. The sexism

Steve Coles recently filed a lawsuit against the Custer County School District for gender discrimination. Steve recently applied for a job opening at Custer County School District for a 5th grade teaching position. Mr. Coles was not given the teaching position at the school even though he has over ten years of teaching experience and has earned several advanced teaching certifications. Mr. Coles believes this school district is inherently biased against males and has a disproportional hiring of female applicants. He also believes the hiring process is not accurate as he states it involves very few formal evaluations and a huge impact is the connection with other teachers within the district.

Our social justice issue is gender discrimination. Gender Discrimination is a major thing going on in our world today. Therefore, gender discrimination happens in things such as sports, education, health, employment, laws, and in different countries. Gender discrimination was a major thing in the past, and is still a major thing today. Men continually think women are weak, and so women are targeted more in crimes. They also think that women won't stand up for themselves, and women continually let men bring them down because they aren't brave enough. In jobs they believe women won't work, and that women aren't capable enough to do the job, so women end up getting paid less or have to work ridiculously short hours. Today in our century, women are targeted more than men because they are considered weak. Being labeled weak makes women are more vulnerable to at least one form of abuse. 1 in 3 women are abused in some form at a time of their life by a man. Women are targeted for crimes, such as home break-ins, because if they live on their own, they are thought to not be able to defend themselves that well. Women are also being killed all the time. In India, women are burned to death if they can't meet financial requirements, while men aren't. In Egypt, women are killed if they do something considered unclean in their family or outside their family. In South Asia more than 2 million baby girls are killed or abandoned to die because they are considered a financial burden to the

Gender inequality in the workplace is still a reality in 2017. Year after year we receive and look at figures who confirm that much more should be done to ensure that women and men have equal access to the labor market. For a long time, the society has been suppressing women’s rights, and men are seen as figures of leadership in most countries. Although the rates of discrimination have reduced over the years, women still face major issues like sexual harassment and pay discrimination.

Gender discrimination against women is out of control across the world and seeps into many aspects of women 's lives. This discrimination harms women in two ways. First, women directly experience stressful events. The experience of sexism is so common that some research suggests women can experience one to two instances of everyday sexism. But women aren 't only harmed by sexism through the physical stress caused by others. They are harmed to the extent that they internalize and adopt these sexist attitudes that can manifest as poor self-concept. This negative self-concept often obvious on a subconscious level, as women and men will demonstrate automatic negative biases against women (Ferguson, 2013).