Research Paper On Systemic Sexism

Whereas in recent decades major strides toward gender equality have been made, sociologists are quick to point out that much remains to be done if inequalities in the United States are ever to be eliminated. Behind much of the inequalities seen in education, the workplace, and politics is sexism, or prejudice and discrimination because of gender. Fundamental to sexism is the assumption that men are superior to women.

A direct example of sexism in schooling was given by my second interviewee, Jesse. She stated that her male professor often showed extreme sexism towards her by telling her multiple times that her frame was too small for her to be an effective physical therapist. Unfortunately, occurrences like this are all too common. I find it disappointing that a male in a leadership role like this would waste a chance to be a strong male mentor to his students. I believe that attitudes like this can also directly contribute to the frequent sexism that is seen in the workplace. She said that there were six male students in her class. Instead of having a strong example of a male coming alongside his female counterparts, they are once again shown that men are dominant and that women are the weaker sex. Jesse also stated that she had experienced sexism in the workplace while trying to get the hours required to apply to the program she was completing, by saying, “An employer thought that women were held at a lower standard. Therefore he treated us as if we were incompetent.” She was the only interviewee who shared that she had faced direct sexism. The others felt that they faced sexism through general stereotyping and also through the wage gap, but did not give specific examples, while others said that they did not

American sexism has changed dramatically over the years, but it is far from perfect. Today many women in America face sexism in many areas throughout their lives; especially in workplaces. Women face sexist stereotype that holds them back from rising up as corporate ladders, especially in jobs that have a high ratio of men compared to women. Sexist comments such as “women are weak to do this kind of job” , “these are men 's jobs” and ”women are too emotional to work” often causes a woman to be cautious of how she acts, making sure she is not feminine or that she does not cause trouble or repercussions. But, that is not all sexism is doing, often times women face discrimination at workplaces especially after entering motherhood.

Sexism has always been a major issue for women. It seems that today, everyone has to be careful of what they say and do so as to avoid offending someone. While everyone is busy worrying about extinguishing sexism towards women - which still is an issue that needs to be taken care of, who is concerned with sexism towards men? Sexism is just as much of an issue to men as it is to women.

While studying art and popular culture in class, our class came across a very interesting topic and story. Throughout time everything has changed in humanity, in the way that humans look at one another. Now in the 1980’s when the whole AIDS and HIV epidemic started that’s when the whole world saw the disgrace in each other. Now in class learning about the disgrace that women had upon the world because of HIV and AIDS has really changed in a way that women are not allowed to be free within themselves anymore. The woman of today have to deal with sexism, classism and even racism just in order to survive in this world. But even through all of this women are still strong and fight for what they believe in and never give up, no matter what

Major League Baseball’s change to the sliding rules has already begun to have a negative impact on games. So now everyone is miserable. In only one week of regular season play, lots of anger and aggravation with the rule surfaced from coaches and players.

Sexism has been prevalent in our society for generations. It has plagued the views and outlooks on gender, and has molded the populace’s minds to favor one over the other. Engrained within society is the strict framework of binary gender roles, and placing males and females into distinct and rigid categories that they can rarely break free from. While progress has been made with regards to weakening these rigid and unfair gender roles, the prejudice views that run rampant through the minds of the older generations, and into the up-and-coming ones, are difficult to combat. Women are often overlooked and regarded as the inferior gender, and they are often portrayed as individuals who are at men’s every beck and call. This is highlighted through the observations of Paula Rothenberg in her novel Invisible Privilege, she discusses her observations and dealings first hand with prejudice of all kinds. The book recalls her experiences from the mid to late 20th century, which was a time of more blatant sexism, but I will be using other sources in addition to prove that sexism is still a prevalent issue in everyday life. The sources I will pull from in addition to the novel include, “Different but Equal? Inequalities in the workplace, the Nature Based Narrative, and the Title VII prohibition on the Masculinization of the ‘Ideal Workers,’” an academic article by Kristin Housh, which uses statistical information to argue that women are treated differently in the workplace. Secondly, “Gender Bias in Education,” an op-ed by Amanda Chapman, which discusses unequal treatment of women in education, in addition to a visual and song lyrics that also support these arguments. Sexism and unequal treatment of women in the workplace and education is still a problem in society today that needs to be changed.

There is a lot of things that i know about classism but the biggest thing that surprised me was the gap between the rich and the poor. I knew that the rich held a quite of bit of the wealth but I didn't know that the the richest 20 percent of americans held 85 percent of the total household wealth (Mantsios, 151). That is a huge amount of wealth for a small amount of americans. That is crazy and this should not be happening in america.

Modern day sexism can be a very delicate topic, but people need to recognize that it 's still a problem in the workplace. Before jumping to the conclusion that this is another extreme feminist perspective, it 's important to understand one thing. Although significant progress has been made in the past few decades, women are not treated as equal partners to men in the many job fields. Freida Pinto, the leading actress in Slumdog Millionaire was interviewed recently. She did an excellent job clarifying a common misunderstanding of feminism. "Feminism to me is equality. There is no man over woman and vice versa. Feminism is a very misconstrued and misunderstood topic. "As soon as we say feminism, it does not mean all men should become subordinate and women should be the ones who rule the world. The only way we can have a progressive and successful country or world is when men and women treat each other as equals." It 's sad to think that a term for someone who is in support of gender equality is now a negatively viewed thing. An important thing to remember is that gender equality means equality for both genders, and reverse sexism is not the solution. Once you grasp that it 's easier to understand modern day sexism.

Sexism may manifest itself in many different forms: blatant, covert, and subtle sexism (Swim, Mallett & Stangor, 2004). Specifically,

The horror movie cliché has a vast amount of stereotypical archetypes such as the dumb jock, the promiscuous female, the geek, and the innocent virgin. There are plenty of more archetypes that are on the protagonist side and as well as the antagonist side of the story. Of course in horror movies the antagonist archetype is the slow-walking, super-human and/or creature-like monster that usually wins a running race against their prey except is killed ultimately by the innocent virgin. There are movies in the past, present and likely future that will always contain these archetype characters because we have them in every aspect of life. On a daily basis, fictional horror movie killers wearing masks, like Jason Vorhees and Michael Meyers,

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).

Sexism against men is becoming an overwhelming problem in the United States, and has been on its way ever since the times when women started to declare that they had no use for men. Men are beaten (ignored), and radical feminism uses the shrinking wage gap and non-existent “oppression” as an excuse to abuse men without a second thought. Abused men are not taken seriously by others, including our own police force (which has become a joke in and of itself over time). Men are not protected from abuse—being beaten with shovels, for example—that could eventually cause death, but women are babied and kissed on the forehead by society if their boyfriends or husbands even bat an eyelash the wrong way. Why is that?

In the age of advanced technology, the media is one of the most reliable sources of information. However that source cannot always be trusted; it can be used as a device to brainwash or influence our society. The media are used to control of what we should see and believe while leaving out the rest of the story; which caused stereotypes of other races and genders. We are facing two of the most sensitive controversies of our advanced society: racism and sexism, which were made even worse by the stereotypes created by the mass media. American people should educate themselves to prevent the further spreading of racism and sexism through stereotype.

Sexism has been a serious problem in society for decades, and it continues to persist in today’s culture. Sexism is the result of men and women being treated differently. Consequently, this creates profound inequalities between the sexes (Hesmondhalgh and Baker).