The Importance Of Misogyny In American Culture

Gender roles are defined differently by people and are usually centered on opposing conceptions of femininity and masculinity. They are a set of societal norms dictating what types of behaviors are generally considered acceptable, appropriate, or desirable for a person based on their actual or perceived sex. Gender roles now compared to back in the day have very much changed, but there still remains a strong influence as to the way a woman should act and how a man should act. In places such as America, now, women and men both have jobs and can still balance spending time with their family and taking care of children whereas back then, women were housewives and were not able to hold a job because that was the man’s responsibility. The traditional roles of men and women are also looked at, as well as behaviors of men and women that are considered socially appropriate. Gender roles vary greatly from one culture to the next, from one ethnic group to the next, and from one social class to another. But every culture has them, they all have expectations for the way women and men should dress, behave, and look.

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.

Having many gender stereotypes illustrated in the media, it definitely has a negative on various individuals. For example, in Disney’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” Snow White cooks and cleans for her seven male counterparts. She does this on a daily basis as the men dig for diamonds. In addition, at the end of the movie, a prince comes and saves her. Based on this information, Snow White exemplifies what a woman is only capable of doing. For example, she cooks and cleans, there is an implication that females are only capable of being a domesticator.

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.

For Feldman, women had the roles of the victim of misogynistic terror and as coauthors. Since many Klanmembers could not accept the fact of gender equality within the fact acts of violence against women, especially in Alabama, happened more frequently. “Kluxers routinely targeted women, mostly for violating narrow social conventions and ideas of traditional morality “(61) In 1920s women received the franchise. This was on of the fact, which led to an explosive growth of the Ku Klux Klan. Men and women were terrified by the new political and economic situation in the United States. In order to turn the time back they joined the KKK. The Ku Klux Klan promised to turn the United States to a holy place again. A place were “darkies were obedient,

Over the years the United States has grown to love each other as the way people are, especially women. Women have proven to be even stronger than what people expected them to be. You can see the strength, the courage, and the confidence they have gained. It has been discussed many years that women shouldn’t be allowed in combat for not being “strong enough”. Men have shown that they can be “manly” enough to do women or girl things, so why can’t women do “manly” things? If women feel like they can handle being on the frontline then we should respect their decision and allow them to go.

Determining women to be less productive, competitive, intelligent, or any other characteristic because of her gender disvalues her, turning her into an object instead of a subject.

For decades, history tells us a lot about sexism: women are deemed to be inferior to men. Since the 20th century, many women and feminist groups have protested to gain equal rights; these groups claim that—to a great extent—discrimination against women still exists in today’s society. But is this really true? Are women still heavily discriminated in the United States? Logic says otherwise—sexism might still be present today but it’s certainly not as bad as people claim it to be. The issue is much smaller than how feminists portray it.

Despite the modern concepts of simpleton Southern belles sitting in the shade sipping mint tea while house slaves wait on her hand and foot, it is just overrated. Even if the history of this great nation chooses to not include women as much as they do men, that does not mean that they were not there during the struggles of our history, helping shape America into what it is today. No, women did not just sit idly by and watch the men make history, but instead joined in and changed the course of our society into what it is today. During the era in the Antebellum South few notable women contributed significantly to the history of our country, this fact is greatly owed to plantation life where plantations ruled the south and cotton was the King.

In the movie, the producer discussed about the struggle women, which includes minorities women had to face in America such as cratering for the family, working, and at the same time treated like they were nobody in the society. The ladies with low income rate had to live with cheap cloths and bedroom with no windows. Likewise, there was no law or rules that prevent men from attracting the ladies who decided to protest against the action. It was a patriarchal society. Most women worked at the Triangle short way factory and the men made sure the ladies worked very hard and was pay low wages. Also, the producer analyzed that the women and children were locked in the factory and none of them were able to leave until their hours were completed.

Malala Yousafzai once said, “when God created men and women he was thinking, ‘who shall I give the power to give birth to the next human being?’ And God chose women. And this is the big evidence that women are powerful.” This being said, women throughout the centuries still experience and face a lot of sexism in the word. America is a sexist society because women are treated inequality.

Considering myself as a family member of the 19th century middle class; I would want to reshape aspects such as equality in the roles men and woman play. It seems as if back in theses time and even today men and woman are separated in category’s such as the men do the outside labor and woman do the inside labor. Additionally the men of this time were looked to work and the woman were looked to stay at home, cook, clean and keep a peaceful home environment. By that being said, it seems that this was the beginning of sexism in America; the separating of roles based on gender. I think reshaping the equality of roles into the family will establish a more stable home environment that will encourage independence on both the man and woman. I feel

The ideology that I believe will most likely improve in the United States is feminism. I say this because we have seen improvement pertaining to this ideology within the last decade. Women are gaining respect and becoming authority figures in today’s society. They are climbing the corporate ladder and achieving a pay increase. The principles of the feminism that I considered when deciding that feminism will most likely improve are (1.) Women, no matter who they are, should have equality with men and should have as much independence as men have, (2.) The concept of patriarchy, in which men hold superior positions over women needs to stop, and (3.) Men and women should receive equal wages holding the same position in the workforce. All these concepts have improved, but there is still need for advancements within these categories to meet the needs and want that pertain to the feminist ideology.

The flip side of these apparent advantages to women is that the seemingly positive effects of benevolent sexism typically only apply to women who are gender-role conforming, rather than women as a whole. Women in traditional domestic roles may benefit, but there are negative consequences for those who do not fit these roles. The idea that women need to be protected or taken care of is in some lights flattering, but it also portrays women as childlike, helpless, incompetent, and as a result suited only for lower status roles. Women are also more likely to accept sexist restrictions on behavior when the reason given is benevolently sexist (Becker & Wright, 2011). By extension of these examples, benevolent sexism is just another way of justifying gender inequality and maintaining the current power dynamic of the patriarchy.

Some might ask what effect do misogyny and sexism have on American media? Misogyny and mass media have made numerous examples where studies have concluded correlations between misogynous messages, both obvious and subliminal. Messages containing misogynous views have become incorporated into our society, affecting many parts of our lives. Misogyny can be found in many types of media, especially music videos that show Women being shown as just objects that are only good for abuse, sex and for the most part are just trouble for men. Also, another main form of media where misogyny is found is video games. Despite the achievements of the women 's movement over the past decades, misogyny remains a persistent force in American culture.