...The Effects of Sexism in “Boys and Girls.” The world is a place where everyone calls “home” but is it really considered a home when sexism exists everyday? When someone thinks about home, it is a place where a person can do anything without being judged or told what to do. Everyone is a human being but why is it that sexism gets to decide what a person's role is? In society, people are “labelled” to do specific tasks because of their gender. Sexism is the main social issue that should not restrict what a gender can or cannot do. There are three main effects of sexism that restricts what a gender can do or cannot do and the three effects are sexism in the work force, roles of the household, and how males and females are portrayed as. Firstly,...
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...However, on its chapters entitled Gender and Feminist Perspective respectively, the author was able to show the different injustices women continually face even in an advanced society. In the chapter on Feminist Perspective, it was stated that women still continually are being fit into negative stereotypes, especially married women and women in the workforce. The chapter was able to fully tackle the causes of discrimination on women in the labor market through wage gaps because of their race and gender. It was said that one of the causes of this was because they are not able to allot all of their time on their jobs because of the demands of their children and family. On the chapter Gender, charts and statistics were shown proving that there is indeed a huge gap between the wages of white males, minority males, white females and minority females. Minority females earn the least among the...
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...Sexism in the medical field continues to be prevalent today with emphasis on the need to eradicate it. Women go throughout their lives, enduring years of verbal/physical/academic abuse and sexual harassment in academia and the workforce. Abuse in all forms, as sexual and verbal, is prominent in all occupations, but more predominately in the medical field to show superiority and to show who is boss. But this attitude is contradicting to the whole field. Time Magazine author, Alexandra Sifferlin, interviewed several people on the topic of sexual harassment in the medical field and came across several studies upon the matter. One of the such studies was conducted by Doctor Reshma Jagsi, who wrote, “We are now in an age where almost half of all medical students are women and there’s a growing need to make sure everyone is able to maximize their potential.” of the...
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...common interests and lead the country they live in. Sexism is defined as, “The systematic oppression of women and the prepetition of violence against women because of their gender” (Womens International Network News, 1993). The ideology of sexism is based on the idea that men have more natural rights and are superior to women from birth. There is much debate on...
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...opportunity to begin the rest of your life. You are nervous, yet confident in yourself. Eagerly, you reach to shake hands with your future employer and begin the interview. The interview is coming to an end and you feel that you have done a great job; the employer seems impressed with your credentials and socialization skills. You feel positive about the interview and then the interviewer mutters the words: “While we appreciate your interest in our company, we have offered the position to someone else. We do not hire people of your kind”. Though discrimination in the workforce is illegal, it still happens today. Granted, an employer in a professional field cannot blatantly tell you that the reason why the position was denied was due to your race or sex, but that will not change his motive. These situations are happening significantly less now than they were previously, but similar instances still happen commonly. Sexism and racism are just some of the major injustices that people face in our society. Though significant progress has been made to fix both of these issues, there is still work to be done. There are factors in today’s society that affect the success of people of color and women. For example, lack of motivation is something that commonly affects both groups. Personally, I do not believe that these groups lack motivation because they are lazy, but because society puts them down. For example, a lot of young girls have a strong interest in science and exploring, but because...
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...Sexism in Workplace and its Effects on Workers Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Sexism in Workplace and its Effects on Workers Sexism refers to a kind of gender discrimination that is based on an individual’s sex. Sexism still has roots in the society and has also been reflected in the corporate sector. Though it is argued the sexism affects both women and men, the prejudice has primarily been shouldered by women. The psychology links this prejudice to gender role and other stereotypes that are constructed in our society. People have a mental perspective that one gender is superior to the other. However, this is not the case. Besides, the remarkable changes and breakthrough that have been achieved in the 21st century, sexism still dominates the workplace and have adverse effects on the workers. Some of these effects include; rape, sexual harassment, and other sexual violence activities. The idea of sexism is developed in thoughts and thus, one cannot separate sexism and psychology. The question is what sexism is as depicted in the working environment and what effects does it have on employees. The current paper looks deep into the issue of sexism in workplace and the influence that it has on employees by using empirical evidence from several researchers. According to psychology, sexism is a hostile or a negative attitude, feeling or opinion developed towards an individual or a group of people (Boysen, 2013). The attitude...
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...A major form of discrimination against women happens at work. Women have been paid less than men for forever now. Men have been given more occupational opportunities than women have. Discrimination in the workforce is an extremely horrible setback in our society. Men are payed 20% more money than women for doing the exact same jobs. The pay gap varies for each state, some more, some less. The pay gap also varies for different racial groups such as minority women. The article “The Simple Truth about the Gender Pay Gap: AAUW” tells the truth about how Women are, and have been paid less than men for the same jobs. In this article it says, “Did you know that in 2016, women working full time in the United States typically were paid just 80 percent...
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...are discriminated against both as women and as Blacks. The ruling in one such case, DeGraffenreid v. General Motors, filed by five Black women in 1976, demonstrates this point vividly (2013). The General Motors Corporation had never hired a Black woman for its workforce before 1964 which is the year that the Civil Rights Act passed through Congress. All of the Black women hired after 1970 lost their jobs fairly quickly, however, in mass layoffs during the 1973 to 1975 recession. This was such an extensive loss of jobs among Black women it led the plaintiffs to argue that seniority-based layoffs, directed by the principle “last hired-first fired,” discriminated against Black women employees at General Motors, re-enforcing past discriminatory practices by the company. However the court refused to allow the plaintiffs to combine sex-based and race-based discrimination into a single category of discrimination. Making the voices of Black women continue to be unheard (2013). Mignon Moore argues that Black women are discriminated against in ways that often do not fit clearly within the legal categories of “racism” or “sexism”—but as a combination of both racism and sexism. However, the “legal system has generally defined sexism as based upon an unspoken reference to the injustices confronted by all (including white) women, while defining racism to refer to those faced by all (including male) Blacks and other people of color.” Basically this structure renders Black women legally “invisible”...
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...Sexism and Society: How Women of Gilead and Women of Modern America Endure Similar Trials, Tests, and Tough Times Women of modern day America can relate to the women of Gilead in the manner in which they are treated. In Gilead, many women were merely, to the government, slaves to be used for domestic practices: childbearing, food production, housekeeping, and leadership. Treatment of these women was harsh; consequences of going against Gileadean laws could equal deportation to a dangerous nuclear waste land, mutilation, or execution, among other forms of physical punishment. Nowadays, in modern American women’s lives, many injustices are experienced. These can come in various forms, such as trivialization in the classroom, receiving less pay...
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...closing by one fifth of a cent per year (Lips). The question is then, why has it taken so long for the gender gap to close? The answer is sexism and stereotyping. The main reason why women have not reached equal pay is because the culture is still very sexist and promotes gender stereotypes. This culture is started at a very young age during school. According to an article by D. Sadker, M. Sadker, and Zittleman, “Research has documented how teachers call on boys more often, wait longer for boys’ responses, and provide more precise feedback to boys in classroom settings. Moreover when students ask for help with difficult problems presented in the classroom, teachers tend to encourage...
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...play. Therefore, sexism will be defined as a social construct that promotes the discrimination of individuals based on an individual’s gender. Sexism arises from stereotypes that define the roles of both sexes, therefore having issues when the gender roles are performed by the opposite sex. This social construct mainly affects the minority group identified as women and girls. Sexism is recognized in all aspect of life, and it’s not strange to identify it in the technology industry. The male figure has always identified its gender role as the provider. This social construct originated from the nature of man been the hunter who provided his family with their daily meal. Therefore relegating the women to the role of caretaker and this aspect has kept its hold over the society. In the 21st century, sexism has been a covert and subtle process that tries to establish an environment that is less friendly and less accessible to women. It’s clear that sexism is evident in the Silicon Valley and beyond. We also identify that the technology aspect has always been associated with male perspective. Therefore, it has become common to hear a conversation about women who have suffered sexism and sexual harassment in their digital related jobs. Women have also been identified to facilitate this occurrence by been timid when it comes to technology in the workplaces. Therefore, the actions that sideline women from important decisions at the workplace can be seen as sexism in play. Rudman...
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...FEMINISM IS FOR EVERYBODY Passionate Politics bell hooks South End Press Cambridge, MA CONTENTS Copyright © 2000 by Gloria Watkins Cover design by Ellen P. Shapiro Cover illustration by Laura DeSantis, © Artville Any properly footnoted quotation of up to 500 sequential words may be used without permission, as long as the total number of words quoted does not exceed 2,000. For longer quotations or for a greater number of total words, please write to South End Press for permission. INTRODUCTION Come Closer to Feminism 1. 2. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hooks, Bell. Feminism is for everybody: passionate politics / Bell Hooks. p.cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-89608-629-1 - ISBN 0-89608-628-3 (pbk.) 1. Feminist theory. 2. Feminism - Philosophy. 3. Feminism Political aspects. 4. Sex discrimination against women. 1. Title. FEMINIST POLITICS Where We Stand 1 CONSCIOUSNESS-RAISING A Constant Change of Heart 7 3. SISI:ERHOOD IS STILL POWERFUL 4. Vll 13 00-036589 South End Press, 7 Brookline Street, #1, Cambridge, MA 02139 06 05 04 7 8 9 Printed in Canada 19 OUR BODIES, OURSELVES Reproductive Rights 25 6. HQl190 .H67 2000 305.42'01 - dc21 FEMINIST EDUCATION FOR CRITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS BEAUTY WITHIN AND WITHOUT 31 7. FEMINIST CLASS STRUGGLE 37 8. GLOBAL FEMINISM 44 5. 9. WOMEN AT WORI( 48 10. RACE AND GENDER 55 ...
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...suffer from some type of discrimination or harassment in the workplace. I will discuss the most common types of discrimination and some solutions that may work in your organization. Sexism is still prevalent even in 2009. For example co-authors Levitt and Dubner were featured on ABC’s 20/20 promoting their new book called Super Freakonomics which is the sequel to their original book called Freakonomics. On the show Steven Levitt stated that, “Women’s liberation has been great for high end prostitutes but not for our children.”(2009) Levitt and Dubner believe that in the 1940’s, more than half of Americas brightest women were schoolteachers. Now they have gone on to become doctors, lawyers, and bankers. Therefore, teachers are now left up people that are not as qualified. Levitt stated that successful women with MBA’s end up marrying men with MBA’s and staying home. This is the reason they are not paid as well. They believe that men are motivated by money and women are motivated by families. The authors go on to say that it is not discrimination that caused the “glass ceiling”, it is motivation. Levitt also stated that, “If a woman decides not to family or children, they could have successful careers. I personally do not agree with their beliefs. I feel that women had to go into the workforce because the cost of living started to rise and it took two people to make ends meet. Also women should have the same rights as men as long as they are...
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...Kaitlyn Feeler One question I have always pondered is how society shapes gender roles. I came to explore this question because I wanted to be a mechanic, until I saw the sexism that women have to endure in the auto mechanic industry. Therefore, I felt that being an orthodontist would be the best profession for me. I came to this decision by exploring how gender roles effect women, how media effects women, how women in the work forces are effected, and the specific sexism that comes with the auto mechanic industry. I began my research with an article by Rachel Francis. Rachel Francis wrote an article called “The Art of Being a Woman in a Male-Dominated Field.” Rachel states that “Surprisingly, the things that make my job challenging are not the lack of knowledge, an inability to learn, trouble working with others, poor communication skills or even downright laziness. The things that make my job a challenge are all the things I have absolutely no control over: my appearance, my age and my gender.” This quote truly shows how a women’s work ethic truly has nothing to do with how easy or hard it is to make it in a job, especially when it comes to working in a male-dominates industry. This is because women are taught to dress to please men, yet this distracts men. If a woman is too young they are viewed as unintelligent sex objects, which also distracts men. If a woman is too old then they are viewed as unattractive and not able to change with modern society. Then there is simply...
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...exists is that men are stronger, and deserve bigger salaries. This is the main idea of sexism, and that women should earn less than then men. When in some cases, the women have...
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