The Problem Of Sexism

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Sexism also called gender discrimination is prejudice or discrimination based on a person's sex or gender. Sexism affects both men and women, but primarily women. It has been linked to stereotypes and gender roles, and may include the belief that one sex or gender is intrinsically superior to another. Extreme sexism may foster sexual harassment, rape and other forms of sexual violence. I want to start at the bottom of this whole problem. Sexism appeared in history as well. It was one of the earliest forms of violence directed towards all women , not just wives, because of they sex. In 6th century , bishops debated whether a women is really human at all. Estimated that nine milion women were tortured and burntat the stake. In the 1970s, …show more content…

It is a lot softer than it has been but it appear in daily life. Most people don't see sexism even when it's right in front of their noses. “Women can’t work in parking lots,” is common example of sexism. But, in general, sexism, so densely woven into our habits, language, and traditions, is a subtle and slippery thing. We let our schools teach sexist lessons. For examle our education system erases the contributions of women in history and fails to provide role models and an accurate portrayal of the past. Girls go into our schools with assuredness and ambition, but they don’t leave that way. Honestly, setting aside the real physical harms that people face, living with sexism is like having a lifelong low-grade fever. But I am not saying that the sexism is only a discrimination agains the women. It also influence men. Like we are always saing that men cant do 3 things all at once, or they cant cook and things like that. Men are exploited as cash machines and even with spending on children accounted for women still spend more money on themselves than the combined spending for men and children. This can even be observed in the floor space allocated to women's products in most shopping centres. In my opinon sexism is not the best thing , everyone say that it is not fair. I agree. But when sexism dissapears , man could stop being polite because they will consider women as equal. There wont be no more gentlamans. So I think that the gentle sexism in the world is

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