Sexism And Patriarchy

Sexism is prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, commonly towards women, on the basis of their sex. Sexism is still present in today’s society, especially against women. There are many ways as to how people are sexist towards women. The three places that sexism against women is a big issue: the media, pop culture and the sports industry. Some people do not allow women the same opportunities that men have just because they are women. By creating sexism in these places, people are treating women unfairly and with disrespect. The stereotypes that are created by women paints a certain image of women that people believe to be true. The media is especially known for creating unrealistic images of women.

In “I Am Malala” sexism is a crucial social injustice that ruins the life of many women. This is also a debatable topic. Many believe that sexism exists while others disagree by proving their opposing point. 80% believe that sexism exists whereas 20% challenge their opponent by disagreeing with their belief. Some believe that sexism is a thing of the past and it doesn’t exist simply because of the small changes that are made due to the protests of women.

Across the world people think of Malala Yousafzai as one of the most revolutionary women in the world for her stance against heresy and gender discrimination. She has showed through example that she is willing to give her life in the defense of her beliefs regarding women’s rights to education. Malala is an equal rights activist; she continually fights for women to have the same rights as all other people. Malala has endured a long and dangerous path to make people aware of the discrimination and dangers that women are facing in Pakistan and all over the world. Her famous journey and non-violent methods has had a profound effect and has resulted in the world taking a more active part in her fight for equal rights and women 's education.

Guy and Malala are oppressed within their respective societies.Guy’s society is mainstream, so that everybody is ‘happy’. "Coloured people don't like Little Black Sambo. Burn it. White people don't feel good about Uncle Tom's Cabin. Burn it. Someone's written a book on tobacco and cancer of the lungs? The cigarette people are weeping? Bum the book.” (Pg. 29) The citizens aren’t taught history or literature and are forced to have the same perspectives and ideals. In Malala’s society,females are subordinate to males. They are not regarded as highly and are not believed to have as much potential. “We saw a letter taped to the gate. “Sir, the school you are running is western and infidel,” it said. “You teach girls and have a

Women first gained the right to vote on August 26, 1920 with the 19th amendment was approved, giving women full voting rights. Fortified by the constitutional victory in 1920, the handful of new women in Congress embarked on what would become a century-long journey to broaden women’s role in government. In the intervening years, the drive for more women’s rights encompassed the lives of the next generations of women. Even today, women are still fighting for their rights and stand up against prejudice. On the forefront of this movement are our women congresswomen who speak on behalf of all women. When Hillary Clinton announced her presidential candidacy, controversial questions immediately surfaced about the role of gender in politics. Through Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign in 2008 and 2016, media is the principal propagator in showing bias and sexism.

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

Unfortunately, the story of women is the story of injustice, inequality and violence. This inequality in education between girls and boys continues to grow in the third world. We clearly see this portray in Malala’s society since the day a baby is born. Malala introduces her book with her first chapter, “A Daughter Is Born”, Malala illustrates the different reactions from parents when a girl is born, compare to the reactions families have when a boy is born. She mentions “I was a girl in a lad where riffles are fired in celebration of a son, while daughters are hidden away . . .

This is where Malala’s conflict of being shot helped her in her fight for women’s rights because now she had the attention of the world. Malala used this attention to tell everyone her message that all humans are created equally and have the right to an education. Within the book Malala makes her purpose clear about standing up for what you believe in and that everyone has rights to

Today, so many people feel the need to be someone that others want them to be and not what they actually want to be. People often accept the position into which they are born and grow up in, and then pass that position onto their children. Until someone has enough power to speak out against it, this cycle will continue. This is true in both Girl by Jamaica Kincaid and A&P by John Updike. Both of these stories examine sexism and the need to fulfill a certain roll that society places upon women. In Girl, Kincaid brings up the issues of females needing to conform to be a certain person and provides her audience with a specific set of rules that women should follow when alone and with other men. Overall, Kincaid and Updike are attempting to portray the strong division of genders and the need to fit a certain role within society today.

The chapters this week expanded my understanding and knowledge about the impact of gender roles and sexism on men and women’s health struggles and outcomes across life, they showed me what health can look like for both men and women. Women live longer than men, yet they are often more ill throughout the year. Out of nine of the ten leading causes in death, men are more likely to die. Women have higher rates of morbidity (illness) and men have higher rates of mortality (death) (Helgeson, 2012).

“We call upon our sisters around the world to be brave – to embrace the strength within themselves and realize their full potential,” – Malala Yousafzai. In “I am Malala” Malala describes her life before being shot. She illustrates a life of happiness and the struggles of sexism. Although Malala grew up with knowing that everyone around her thought the females were less than males she tell us that everyone should be treated equally regardless of gender.

Women, young girls and Malala have to face discrimination and sexism from the people around them. Malala shows

Sexism is the discrimination based on sexes that can be directed to both men and women. However, sexism against women are more common in society throughout history (Oxford University Press 2010). Started from the ideology behind witchcraft that only existed in women in early days , sexism still exists today, about a thousand years later. Today’s sexism is represented through the limitation of rights, education, health care and the insane number of violence as well as assault towards women. For instance, only 79.7% of women who are 15 and over are literate compared to 88.6% of men (CIA). These statistics is an illustration of the existence of sexism in which women in developing countries are not allowed to be educated due to discrimination.

Malala uses a serious tone when she talks about the rights of women worldwide. “If one man can destroy everything, why can’t one women change it?” this quote by Malala is just one example of her realistic tone. Malala remains serious to remain inspirational. In the book Malala inspires anyone to stand up for a cause they believe in strongly. Malala manages to speak for peace instead of violence which makes all the difference. The informative tone of the book also supports the inspirational voice by telling her story. Malala uses vivid imagery to tell us her story with details of the events.

In this powerful book, there is a very important lesson hidden troughout it. The author’s message to her readers is to speak out during times of injustice, even if you stand alone. To be brief about the story, Malala was born and raised in the Muslim country of Pakistan, where women are inferior to men in many ways. Her father ran many schools, including the girls school she attended. However, a militant group known as the Taliban invaded and brainwashed many Pashtuns about their holy book called the Quaran. As a result, more rights were