The Role Of Sexism In Human Behavior

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.

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.

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.

When we hear the word sexism most minds automatically associate feminine oppression. I began to wonder why that was. Webster defines sexism as “prejudice based on sex; especially: discrimination against women.” After reading this I had to know why that was.

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.

The article I read was You’re Sexist. And So Am I from USA Today. This article went into discussing how everyone has internalized sexism, believing in sexism in their head, whether they like to believe it or not. This is because society teaches people norms that women must follow in order for them to be respected. As we have discussed in class, this is the idea of subjectivity because all of these social codes are predetermined and that makes them very difficult to change. One example of this was in the article when it talked about how women often chose their careers around them someday becoming mothers. Women are expected to have children and then take time off from work to raise their children. No one believes that men should be expected to stay at home and raise children because it is not the societal norm. Therefore when a woman chooses a career around impending motherhood, she is falling into subjectivity.

Too often I have been called bossy. Too often I have been told my opinion does not matter. Too often have I been told to sit down and hold my tongue. Too often I have been called aggressive simply because I choose to voice my thoughts. Too often society has told me that because I am a woman, I am the lesser gender. However, despite what society has constantly told me and everyone around me, I have learned to overcome the inherent sexism with a single tool: a suit.

Our culture has an obsession for incredible stories, where you love to hate the people within a story. The media took two cases, that of Amy Fisher and Lorena Bobbitt,

Sexism today, is entirely engrained in our culture. It is so extremely prevalent that some people deeply dispute its integrated continuation from civilizations a millenia ago into our civilizations today. But, is sexism really a continuation from civilizations past? I do not believe that to be true. The novel Inanna, jointly written by Diane Wolkstein and Samuel Noah Kramer, includes gender equality manifested epics written by Enheduanna, the “world’s first author known by name” (Mark. 2014.). Homer’s epic, The Iliad, postdates the texts of Inanna by 1,500 years; however, the increase of time does not correlate directly with an increase of parity. Instead, surmounting several years resulted in a regression of equivalence pertaining to genders. Women in The Iliad are portrayed as either possessions and trophies, or as embodiments of temptations for which men can neither resist nor be held responsible for if they are successfully enticed. Written between the time of 600 BCE and 400 BCE, about two centuries after The Iliad, Tao Te Ching incorporates several instances throughout its text showing high regards to femininity and mothering. Following Tao Te Ching also by approximately 200 years, The Bhagavad Gita provides the concept that all souls are genderless and therefore have the same opportunities to reach a supreme destination of finally ending the cycle of reincarnation making it equally attainable between sexes. These

Sexism, racism, and violence have been a part of the world since the beginning of time. Everyday, it is clear that issues such as these continue to play a role in the lives of many people. Our society has moved forward in the direction towards ending racism, sexism, and violence, but these changes still do not meet the standard of decency. Despite the modern movement for women’s rights being implemented into today’s society, as well as efforts to eliminate racism and violent language, humanity needs to become more progressive in order to create a truly equal society.

We have all heard of different accounts of sexism on the news; a man beating his wife, controlling someone's actions, and objectification of women. Though how many times is it reported when someone compliments on how someone looks, or on something that they do well? While personal compliments can seem acceptable, it slowly erodes our gender equality and results in consequences in our society. This damaging concept is known as benevolent sexism, as it is less socially present compared to hostile sexism.While the majority of people know, and recognize hostile sexism and the consequences it has on our society; benevolent sexism is not as socially noticed and treated the same as hostile sexism. The environment that houses each type of this sexism is a serious issue in today’s society as both are commonly used, but given social moderation due to the environment that it takes place in. We should not continue to allow the social moderation we establish amoung sexism and its environment.

I believe that sexism is still a persistent issue in America. My passion for defeating sexism started at an early age when my mother applied for a job, but was denied it because of her gender. Shortly after this discrimination she rose to one of the highest positions of education. Her ambition motivated me to become a mentor in my school by giving baton lessons. I have a renewed sense of happiness watching these girls achieve their goals and become confident young women. I hope my involvement helps them take the world by storm. I’m grateful for strong women, like my mother, who have inspired me to create a new standard and respect for women in my community.

Have you ever been told that's not what a lady for, or that men should generate the money? Sexism does not set worthy examples for children. It is far too unfair on both sexes. Sexism also sets unrealistic expectations of society. Due to the effects on society, sexism needs to be stopped.

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It might be difficult to totally prevent such an unmistakable issue in our society, for example, sexism, yet making a move against it is something that all females ought to rally together and do. Decreasing the control of sexism in our society would profit the women and our society as well as the men. In this way, I think it is vital for all men to make themselves aware of the shamefulness of sexism in our society and get to be colleagues of the women since it would really make the world we live in a more sensible and unbiased place.