The Differing Behavioural Patterns of Women and Men Throughout the Ages
Both males and females have similar needs in order to survive.
Historically however, Britain's social structure has contributed to
significant differences in opportunity and outcome between the genders
resulting in prejudice and discrimination against more women than men
over time. It is in the areas of family, education and work that these
differences are most pronounced.
In 1775, Sir William Blackstone explained, "by marriage the very being
or legal existence of a woman is suspended or at least is incorporated
or consolidated into that of the husband under whose wing, protection
and cover she performs everything and she is therefore called in our
law, a femme covert...". In the 1800s women were not even considered
legal entities. This meant that they were not actually considered
persons in the legal sense. They could not be sued. In 1894 an
anti-suffragist politician, George Riddoch, in Parliament said, "Every
woman who uses up her national vitality in a profession or business or
in study will bear feeble, rickety children and is spending her
infant's inheritance on herself." During the Industrial Revolution a
husband was entitled to seize a woman's wages and personal property
even if he had deserted her. These are excellent examples of how long
social differentiation between males and females has been
institutionalised within society.
Although males have been consistently seen as better off in the gender
divide, recent trends and research have started to highlight the
problems and difficulties that British men face in the modern world.
Traditionally t...
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... observed. It is said, rather wittingly, that
if men observed the twenty rules of sexual misconduct, women would not
have to.
Finally to bring it back to closer terms, in the history of our school
there have been only two boys ever to do the 'girls subject' of
textiles and only one girl this year taking the 'boys subject' of
electronics! Why is it that though we try our best not to be
prejudice, we are? Is it built into us to sub-consciously analyse
people on first meeting them? There are statistics all around to prove
us that it is easier to get a job if you are tall, slim, white and
male. But what does this prove? Though women have been excelling males
in tests since the '70s why is it that men are given the considerably
higher paid jobs? Why is the world so blind that we cannot see
underneath the surface? Why?
18th and 19th Century Attitudes Towards Women From the author of both sources we can immediately gather that they both relate to middle-class women. Working class women were on the whole illiterate, as they were offered no education, so therefore would not be purchasing, 'The Magazine of Domestic Economy'. For Florence Nightingale to be able to write diaries, this demanded a middle-class upbringing. With the ability of hindsight, we know that Florence Nightingale was a very unusual woman, as the, 'Lady with the Lamp' tendered to many injured soldiers in the Crimean war. Despite experiencing the nurturing into being the 'typical woman', such as attending tea parties and presenting yourself respectably as a lady, she seems bored by this monotonous routine, as suggested when she finishes her entry with the sentence, "And that is all."
Point of Analysis: I feel that the author was a bit long winded in her
Though many may not want to believe it, young black men are stereotyped in the business world. These stereotypes can subconsciously cause disadvantages at the collegiate level, in internships and even at the professional level when competing for advanced positions. Sometimes, it is difficult for black males to receive positions over males of other races due to these stereotypes. Regardless of the fact that both may meet the qualifications, it is likely that the black male will fall short. Therefor, young black males must work twice as hard and go above and beyond just to ensure that we recieve the same opportunities as other males. Appearance also plays a major factor, when competing for high-level professional positions a black male with piercings or tattoos; which many young men have, may not represent the company ...
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People are discriminated due to different reasons. That black guy can’t have a job in his country. That woman can’t get a degree and move forward in her education to reach her ambitions. That immigrant can’t work in that foreign country. All these are forms of prejudice which simply means to prejudge. So, as shown there are many forms of prejudice such as sexual, racial, age, and linguistic prejudices.
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Traditionally, women during the 19th century were expected to submit to the patriarch of the house and obediently follow his commands and the commands of society. According to Elaine Fortin, writer of “Early Nineteenth Century Attitudes Toward Women,” society’s expectations of married women included catering to their husbands by caring for the children, performing household chores, and preparing all meals so their husbands could focus all of their attention “on the matters of the world.” To broaden this definition of a wife’s duties during the 19th century, Judy Brady, an activist for women’s rights and renowned author, said women had to satisfy their husbands sexually but refrained from soliciting sex, listened to their husband’s problems but did not complain of a “wife’s duties,” were good cooks, waited hand-and-foot on their husbands and their guests, babysat the children, and more in her essay “I Want A Wife.” As an effort to overturn the stereotypical view of women and their marginalization, two waves of feminist movements were organized in order to establish “Women’s Rights.” In today’s society, women’s rights have
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