How Does Sexism Affect Women

It has become common knowledge that sexism affects women negatively in multiple ways. Experiencing sexism can lower their self-esteem, self image, makes them possible victims of abuse, and often makes them feel as if they are less than men, powerless, or unable to achieve what they want. However, these effects do not just happen when a woman is receiving the sexism directly. A study by Chaudoir & Quinn (2015) suggests that women who are around or serve as bystanders when a sexist incident happens are also affected by the comment, except that, in this case, what gets affected is women’s attitudes towards men in general. The study consisted of 114 undergraduate females that were shown a video of a man either making a sexist catcall and another one of a man simply greeting another woman. The participants were

A computer game is defined by the Science daily as a computer-controlled game where players interact with objects displayed on a screen for the sake of entertainment. A related term, video game, is defined as essentially the same form of entertainment, but refers not only to games played on a personal computer, but also to games run by a console or arcade machine (Science Daily). Video games have often been blamed for having negative effects on people, which is the case of the belief that video games make people more violent. Be that as it may, that is not entirely true, since video games have multiple benefits on the human body. In fact, studies have shown that video games actually provide a wide range of beneficial factors: increase memory capacity, pain relief, help dyslexic kids improve their reading, limit trauma, make you smarter, and increase brain matter, all while being incredible sources of entertainment (Bowler 2017). However, despite its positive qualities and all the benefits they have, video games represent a vast amount of sexism in their