Examples Of Gender Inequality

Since the early stages of human development people are often “predisposed” to social norms and also certain beliefs within their town, state, or even country. The most common expressed social norm is disparity of both gender and race. It is known that many different ethnic groups and races have many different roles in society. But the inequality that lives between women and men exists in the sense that society is typically dominated by males, but yet the females are often stereotyped as if their inferior sex and subservient. This whole concept of disparity of gender and race often occurs within the African American community. This huge gap lives in the African American Community in the sense that black men and black women are not equal to each other, although they do share the same ethic race. The “juxtaposition” of equality within the African American community has server ties connected to the past as far as the slavery times period. The outstanding experience of the sexual exploitation between African women and the African male slaves transcended from generation to generation and therefore this has created certain social norms with the slave community and still lives today.

When the African slaves were being brought to the United States of America, this caused the African family structure to be completely shifted since the slaves were being separated from their personal family members back in Africa. This displacement of the black family seemed to have back in slavery times and has somehow continued under later social deprivation and also economic deprivation (Williams 200). Although while some slaves were able to work in the fields some were back then known as “privileged” of working inside the home of the plantation owner. B...

... middle of paper ...

...es (both female and male) were often subject to exploitation during slavery; however female slaves received worse treatment due to the fact that they were black and female. Their gender allowed both white and black men to violate at any given time. Due to the facts that black men couldn’t the women from exploitation during slavery, both groups were classified as victims of sexual exploitation since they essentially served as “livestock” to overall increase the productivity on the plantations. The overall experience of slavery may have has an impact on the black community in today’s society, such as the mammy and Jezebel stereotypes that plague American pop culture. But regardless of the effects, the disparity between black women and men during slavery and today’s struggles to unite the black community as a whole, which also affects the American society as a whole.