2. Using information from the appropriate reading, describe some forms of subtle sex discrimination. List and discuss some examples of each that we commonly see in society. In the article "How Subtle Sex Discrimination Works", author Nijole V. Benokraitis discusses eight different types of subtle sex discrimination. Although this type of sexual discrimination may go unnoticed and considered normal behavior by the general public, feminists believe this behavior is having a negative impact on the equality of the female sex in the United States. We are going to take a closer look at a few of these more subtle ways women endure discrimination within our current culture. The first form of subtle sex discrimination we will look at is friendly …show more content…
We see subjective objectification everywhere within our society. Female strip clubs, bikini car washes, and hooter restaurants are all perfect examples of this degrading form of subtle sex discrimination. Watching the nineties television sitcom, Married with Children, is a great way to see women endearing subjective objectification in many ways. Al is a working husband who insults heavy women while fantasizing over blonde bombshells. His wife, Peggy, is a mindless stay-at-home mother who wastes her entire day watching soap operas from the living room sofa and being too lazy to fix Al his dinner. His daughter Kelly is portrayed as brainless high school floozy who uses her sex appeal to get by in life. The youngest child, Bud, is a teenage boy who continuously pursues sexual adventures with beautiful big breasted young women dressed in skin tight miniskirts. This television show is wrong in so many ways; it 's amazing that it is presently allowed to air reruns on cable and satellite …show more content…
This form of subtle sex discrimination can possibly be thought of as the origin of all sexually based discrimination. Considerate domination is contained in the wording of our country 's laws and even within our own language. The word "man" is used in our laws to refer to the entire human race to show men 's dominance of women. This can also be seen in a wife 's wedding vows to obey her husband in their marriage. This can also be seen during the Apollo 11 moon landing. When Neil Armstrong became the first human to step foot on the moon, he is quoted as saying, "That 's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind." This quote is the perfect reference to considerate domination of women. By leaving out the female sex and referring to mankind as the entire human race, this quote really depicts the way men exclude women, leaving them to believe they are second-class humans contained by our
Blatantly sexist laws and practices are slowly being eliminated while social perceptions of "women's roles" continue to stagnate and even degrade back to traditional ideals. It is these social perceptions that challenge the evolution of women as equal on all levels. In this study, I will argue that subtle and blatant sexism continues to exist throughout educational, economic, professional and legal arenas.
illustrates the discrimination against women and the issues that arise from a gender double standard society.
Sex Discrimination in the American Workplace: Still a Fact of Life. (2000, July 01). Retrieved from National Women's Law Center : www.nwlc.org
As stated, Benokraitis and Feagin examine multiple forms of sexual discrimination. These different types included, blatant sex discrimination, subtle, and covert. Within each realm, the authors reviewed the steps of each discrimination and gave real life examples for each. Along with blatant,
While both race and gender have very real societal and, in some instances, personal consequences which enables both to be categorized as real neither race nor gender is more real than the other. Both of them faced and still face overt and covert discrimination, and both of them are built upon a mountain of logical fallacies that are able to ultimately be reduced down to societal standards and obligations forced upon them by the dominant group. Since they are also both deeply embedded in our culture they have become integrated into our sense of who we, as humans, are and in our perceptions of other people and situations.
Discrimination happens every day, whether inadvertently or not. This mindset has been practiced for thousands upon thousands of years. We live in a society that is quick to judge other individuals based on their cultural background, race, age, even their financial status. Discrimination has been an ongoing issue throughout the world since the beginning of time. Women, throughout history, have experienced discrimination first hand for a long time. The women’s cultural background, race, financial status mattered, but not as much as the fact that she was a woman first. For example, women were thought of as fragile individuals with bodies that were not built to a man’s standard. For thousands
Even after these prejudices were overcome, the education system still maintained sexism in both obvious and subtle ways. Books rein...
There are many types of discrimination in the America such as racial, religious, age, disability, and sexual. As college students, discrimination will play a major role in minorities lives as they look for employment or whom they are employed with. Discrimination and the opportunities for promotion are still common even though companies create a safe place to prevent racial discrimination. Racial discrimination is one of the world’s major issues today. Many are not aware on how much it still exists everywhere. A person cannot be born racist and discriminative but only learn to become one as they grow from child to an adult.
Gender discrimination is defined as prejudice against an individual due to his or her gender or sex. Discrimination against women has been occurring for years and continues to pose an issue today, especially in institutions such as the workforce. In the past, women were limited to very few rights; they were not permitted to vote and were considered as “property”. The only real jobs they had were housewives.and only a handful of women were in the labor force. In today’s society, women compose more than half of the workforce, yet they earn a significantly less amount compared to their male counterparts for completing the same tasks. Due to the subtleness of the issue, many still continue to be unaware of the discrimination which occurs. Though the issues regarding gender discrimination have gone through improvements recently, the issue at hand
Gender discrimination is the action of being treated worse than others, simply because of your gender. It can occur once or continually over time, by the opposite or same sex. It is an illegal practice here in the United States, based on laws enacted in 1963-4.
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While discrimination may seem unimportant, many scholars and icons believe it is a prominent factor of gender disparity: an environment which typically favors males, a hostile or “toxic” atmosphere, and repeated stereotypes all manifest certain behaviors of both genders that can cause
Sexual discrimination, also known as gender discrimination is prejudice based on the sex of a person. Throughout history, discrimination against people of any kind, for countless reasons, have led to many catastrophes. While sexual discrimination may not seem to bring any sort of impending doom, it causes traumatic effects on individual worldwide. It does this by affecting many aspects of a person’s life, such as their emotional and physical well-being. Sexual discrimination also plays an effect on religion. In a world where lives are shaped on ethics and morality, the Catholic religion does it’s best to highlight the religious views and aspects on such matters.
Gloria, DeSole, and Dora Odarenko. "Notes toward an Analysis of Discrimination." Women's Studies Newsletter 3.3/4 (1975): 1-10. Web. 14 Oct 2009. .
Discrimination is the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex. In today’s society, men are being discriminated against through the media, suffering from parental custody discrimination, being discriminated against in the courtroom and even for their choice of career. BBC reporter David Benatar said that, “the second sexism is that across the world men are more likely to be conscripted into the military, be victims of violence, lose custody of their children and take their own lives” (Castella, 2012). Even the way men are being portrayed on television and in film plays a big part in how they are treated in real life situations.