Negative Effects Of Sexism

Sexism is defined as prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, typically against women, on the basis of sex, and is a topic that has been on and off the media throughout the years, becoming more prevalent in the 21st century. Many iconic figures throughout the ages have spoken out for women, people like Mahatma Gandhi, who said “Of all the evils for which man has made himself responsible, none is so degrading, so shocking, or so brutal as his abuse of the better half of humanity; to me, the female sex is not the weaker sex.” Sexism has been around for about as long as the human race, dating back to biblical times and beyond. A woman’s traditional role in the family has been that of the cook, the cleaner, the child raiser, and the gardener.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether sexism has an effect on the lives of women in situations such as breastfeeding their child and whether or not people take offense to the sight of seeing a mother breastfeed her child. I will recruit 100 participants, 50 males, and 50 females, ranging from ages 18 to 50. I will perform my study using an experimental design where participants are shown a series of images in a video on a projector screen and they will place the images in one of two categories, with ten slots open for each category. The next part of my study will be to ask the participants in an essay question if they would continue, or be comfortable with their significant other continuing to breastfeed in public after receiving negative feedback from a stranger (See Appendix). I hypothesize that the majority of the participants will place an image of a mother breastfeeding in a public setting in a “bad deeds” category, but will place a picture of shirtless men playing football in the park in the “good deeds” category. I expect to come to the conclusion that people are more likely to take offense to the sight of a woman breastfeeding than to seeing a shirtless man.

Over the last several decades, great strides have been made when it comes to eliminating sexism and progressing towards gender equality. However, sexism is still ingrained in our everyday culture. This is evident in the fact that in 2017 women earn about 80 cents to a man’s dollar and are less likely to be promoted within the workplace. It’s an unfortunate fact the most women will experience some form of sexism throughout their lives. In this paper, I will address my personal experiences with both hostile and benevolent sexism, how the two forms of sexism differ, and how these experiences have affected me.

Martin Luther King Jr. once said “our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” However, I will not be silent. Sexism is a thing of the past, present, and future. Women have never been seen as equal to men. This idea and concept affect how women carry out their lives. Women may act different or speak different just based on society's thoughts about their gender. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and in today’s society it is clear that because of women’s perceived “weakness”, men now dominate women legally, physically and financially.

Throughout time men have formed a way of discrimination against women setting the start of sexism. With so many female leaders today than ever in politics, and business many people question if sexism is still an issue in today’s society rather than how it may have been in the past. In early history sexism had been a huge topic or problem to many

In a statistic released by the United Nations, it was discovered that, “while forming more than one-half of the world’s population, women work two-thirds of the world’s working hours, own one-tenth of the world’s wealth and one-hundredth of the world’s land, and form two-thirds of the world’s illiterate people … Over three-fourths of starving people are women with their dependent children” (Johnson, p. 26). While this statistic may be shocking, it is part of a battle that women have been fighting for centuries. Women have consistently been the target of sexism. But what, exactly, is sexism? Margaret Farley posits sexism “is ‘belief that persons are superior or inferior to one another on the basis of their sex. It includes, however, attitudes, value systems, and social patterns which express or support this belief’” (Johnson, p. 23). How can women fight back against a concept such as this that has been deeply engrained within society? Many suggest fighting for equal rights in specific aspects of one’s life (such as equal pay), but these actions are worthless if the system itself cannot be made equal. Therefore, in order to solve the problem of sexism, the entire social system that allows for the devaluation of another being based on

Sexism is a type of discrimination which I feel is such a part of our culture that we often do not even recognize it and it is widely overlooked. Johnson (2013) suggests “we need to deal with the social roots that generate and nurture the social problems that are reflected in the behavior of individuals” (p. 335). Unquestionably, it becomes difficult to recognize, and therefore begin to change, that which is the social norm in our world; and yet, to do nothing perpetuates the problem of a patriarchal culture (Johnson, 2013).

There are many injustices that are seen in the world today that is ingrained in society a few are race, socioeconomic status, sexuality, and gender. Though talked about in every school class debate and taking more stands in the media this year is not race surprisingly but gender through the “me2” movement. As well as female celebrities taking a stand against their male counter parts in acting and directing. But even though celebrities increase the awareness of sexual harassment, it also brings up different types of assaults other than just physically for women but also mentally, and emotionally. And this type of treatment towards women either receives a negative reaction or positive

Sexism is the social justice issue that involves discrimination in society based on gender. Both men and women can experience the effects of sexism today but women seem to endure this injustice more. This can be seen in the work force today as women do not receive equal rights as men in this particular department. Women are often paid less than men and there is a “glass ceiling” which is the term used for the barriers that women face in being promoted to higher-level jobs. Although our world has made significant progress lately in creating equal rights for all women, in the U.S. today, men still dominate the most important positions of power. Another area where both women and men are sexualized is the media. The media creates unrealistic images

For this weeks CTYW activity I talked to my friends boyfriend, Garth and my neighbor Khloe. Garth defined racism as, “hostile acts against a group of people that is fueled by hate”. He gave examples of the KKK attacking African American's. He said most of his knowledge about racism comes from school and real life experience. He mentioned how the black lives matter movement has been very eye opening to him. For sexism he defined it as, "a bias against women, which could lead to them getting less pay or even being in more physical danger than men”. When I asked him if he think sexism can affect men, he said he did not believe so. For prejudice he just defined is as a, "stereotype". He believes that prejudice can lead to racism but only if hate starts to form.

In society, sexism plays a big role because sexism is the belief that one sex is innately superior to the other and females are not defined as the more superior sex. Institutional sexism is women with highly concentrated jobs with low pay simply because of the fact that they are not male but because they are female. There is a pay gap that has been defined in careers that even though we can work the same jobs as each other. Because one is not the gender that is seen to be working that specific job, they believe it is alright to treat women unequally, it is basically degrading them not only to their face but to the society that surrounds them.

It’s now time for America’s to vote and they shouldn’t be thinking about what the candidates have been involved in but what they stand for. The statement of contention is that Celia Walden the author of the article If trump is elected next week he should thank Clintipathy, is saying that Hillary won’t win because American’s hate her while Kristina Keneally the author of the other article. Unlike Julia Gillard, Hillary Clinton will inherit an electorate incredibly alive to sexism says if Hillary does get elected she will be subject to a sexism. As they were both published in October one was on the 26th and the other was on the 3rd and they were both before the election as it effects all American’s and there future.

In today’s society there are plenty of acts of sexism towards women still going on, and nobody really does anything to stop this from happening. An example of one of the many acts of sexism towards women today is Institutional sexism. It has been said that Women make 77 cent for every dollar a man earns. Inequality like that should not still be existing in today’s society, there are are single mothers who have to support a family by

Systemic sexism is an epidemic. It is a spreading monstrosity that plagues our systems. It is by definition the discrimination of one's gender in a professional setting, usually of women. It is the infamous wage gap and the poor representation of women in media. It is the imbalance of women in politics and in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields, just because they are stereotypically “male careers”. Systemic sexism has such a large spectrum, yet few people seem to be concerned about it.

Sexism is defined as the discrimination or hatred against people based on their gender rather than who they are as an individual. This has been going on all throughout history, even as far back as the Bible, with Adam and Eve. Eve’s role was to be considered that of a servant rather than a human being. And it continues into modern day. Girls cannot play certain sports at school because of their gender. This type of behavior isn’t just found in day to day life, but in the media we as humans have created. Commercials, movies, advertisements, and even video games contain a lot of sexism in them. Why is this needed?