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    automatically begins to degrade them as well as justify bad treatment towards “them”. Seeing as otherizing lies within the roots of humans therefore bringing forth humanity’s most persistent problems that we are exposed to on a daily bases such as racism, sexism, homophobia, religion, age, culture etc. Thus the viewing of outsiders as “others” has historically been used to justify the mistreatment and disregarded by one group of people by another. While group discrimination such as slavery and racism is

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    sensitive to something that was meant to be entertaining. I thought the interpretation of the show was spot on. I was born in the sixties and that is the way it was. Women were looked at as less than and men were in charge. This was a time of sexism and racism. How you could possibly exclude these from the show, if they would have the show would not have survived the first season. This show is in Manhattan, New York. Can you imagine the racism if the setting was Mississippi in the sixties

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    Feminism: the word that strikes fear into everyone’s heart. When you think of a woman labeled a feminist, what do you picture? If you answered a man-hating lesbian, who is a hostile, cruel and Nazi-like woman’s rights activist, then you are wrong. Way wrong. Feminism, by definition, is “the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities; the theory of the political, economic and social equality of the sexes” (Watson 1). In other words, feminism is not solely about gaining equal

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    Needs of the community (2) According to the National Defense Research Institute, policies and programs should be improved to increase reporting of the full range of sexual assaults, including those not perceived as sexual acts. They should expand sexual harassment and gender discrimination monitoring, prevention, and accountability practices and equip commanders with data and guidance to take effective actions. Prevention and enforcement efforts should target bullying, hazing, and other demeaning

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    Victoria Meza Trevino Professor Medina English Composition II April 8, 2017 The Power of Feminism and the effects of Sexism Throughout history and even today, women have been affected by standards held up by society. Women stayed silent about how men and even the media over sexualized their bodies. The perspectives women had for themselves was consumed by outside views. These standards for women were based on beauty, their ability to be a good wife, and childcare. Before the 20th Century

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    Hanna Rosin illustrates the fact that there is a gender gap in pay for working adults, but the gap is often misinterpreted and not understood in truth by the public. She admits that there is a wage inequality, but that people should be more concerned with why the wage inequality even exists. Even Rosin admits that she doesn’t have a direct answer to why women are paid less, although the numbers are often skewed in society’s understanding. She hypothesizes that women work less hours than men, or maybe

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    Two weeks ago, I received my admission at the École des hautes études commerciales of Montreal. As I chose to go in business management, I will probably have to deal with employees, hiring and firing some. Thus, I started questioning myself on that. When you have such a short meeting with someone, how can you know if a person is right for the job? Of course, the first impression can influence your choice but then, it would only be based on their appearance not on their competencies. For example,

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    unrealistic expectations and exploitations of women in the media. Feminists theorize that pornography is one of the sole features in the increased sexual violence against women. This theory as based on a group of assumptions. The first being that “sexism and male dominance are celebrated in pornography.” (Baron & Straus,468) This consequently enhances the view of women as “objects of sexual exploitation” (Baron &Straus, 468) and legitimizes acts of sexual violence towards women. The second assumption

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    Fazal Ihsan Pattathil Mrs. Ramsey English I 05 May 2017 Feminist Movement Pros/Cons In the 1960’s women in America were expected to marry in their early 20’s and start a family. Back then not many women worked, most stayed at home and took care of the children. Now, in the year 2017, women have equal rights to men and are now a very important part of the workforce. Although the Feminist movement is giving women equal treatment to men there are also feminists who believe that women should be indistinguishable

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    Sexism- women still face gender bias in the workplace. The stereotype e.g. women more likely to take a housekeeping job, secretarial tasks or even be look at taking notes at a college meeting. Ageism- it’s been known that because of a person age, he/she been discriminated against for job advancement. Race- refers to the practice of treating people differently because of the race. I have personally heard on my past job that the manager is looking to hire a Caucasian person, yes this still exists in

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