How Does Sexism Affect People Today?

Throughout history, there has always been a pattern of sexism and misogyny. This predicament even dates back to the bible, when Eve was created only to appease Adam's loneliness; This is still an ongoing problem in society that is implemented in media, schools, and work places.

Sexism has been observed throughout history. There was once a time where women were denied an education, the

Sexism towards women is deeply rooted in history. Biological differences between men and women led to a culture that views men as the dominant sex. In the past, women were forbidden to explore careers outside of the home and men were the breadwinners for the family. Eventually, feminist efforts and medical and technological advances enabled women to stand up for themselves and exit out of traditional roles in the home and into the workplace. Today, a tremendous amount of progress has been made towards gender equality, but women still battle against sexist attitudes and obstacles.

In the visual text ‘The Imitation Game” directed by Mortum Tyldum, we witness the inspiring, true story of Professor Alan Turing and his outstanding work for the British Secret Service during World War Two. We follow his journey as he breaks the german communication coding system. Tyldum also reveals important, life changing events as a child and the aftermath of the war on Turing’s life and how it affected him. One extremely unique relationship in the film is between our protagonist, Alan Turing, and his life long love, Christopher Morcom. This relationship is unique as even though death arises, we never see the two separated.

Systemic sexism is an epidemic. It is a spreading monstrosity that plagues our systems. It is by definition the discrimination of one's gender in a professional setting, usually of women. It is the infamous wage gap and the poor representation of women in media. It is the imbalance of women in politics and in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields, just because they are stereotypically “male careers”. Systemic sexism has such a large spectrum, yet few people seem to be concerned about it.

In recent months few topics have gripped the nation quite like the idea of sexism and gender roles. While in the last few decades many strong leaders have stepped forth to reconcile the differences, American still has a long way to go. While we present ourselves as a model for other countries, doing so is unjust considering the misbalance of power, representation, perceived value and respect. While many continue to deny it, sexism is still a major problem in modern American society.

Sexism today, is entirely engrained in our culture. It is so extremely prevalent that some people deeply dispute its integrated continuation from civilizations a millenia ago into our civilizations today. But, is sexism really a continuation from civilizations past? I do not believe that to be true. The novel Inanna, jointly written by Diane Wolkstein and Samuel Noah Kramer, includes gender equality manifested epics written by Enheduanna, the “world’s first author known by name” (Mark. 2014.). Homer’s epic, The Iliad, postdates the texts of Inanna by 1,500 years; however, the increase of time does not correlate directly with an increase of parity. Instead, surmounting several years resulted in a regression of equivalence pertaining to genders. Women in The Iliad are portrayed as either possessions and trophies, or as embodiments of temptations for which men can neither resist nor be held responsible for if they are successfully enticed. Written between the time of 600 BCE and 400 BCE, about two centuries after The Iliad, Tao Te Ching incorporates several instances throughout its text showing high regards to femininity and mothering. Following Tao Te Ching also by approximately 200 years, The Bhagavad Gita provides the concept that all souls are genderless and therefore have the same opportunities to reach a supreme destination of finally ending the cycle of reincarnation making it equally attainable between sexes. These

Sexism is the unequal treatment between sexes, more so the attitudes and beliefs about people based on their sex and is more prominent amongst women. It is the failure to give equal weight to women’s interests and is important because it undermines the welfare of one-half of the human population.

In society, sexism plays a big role because sexism is the belief that one sex is innately superior to the other and females are not defined as the more superior sex. Institutional sexism is women with highly concentrated jobs with low pay simply because of the fact that they are not male but because they are female. There is a pay gap that has been defined in careers that even though we can work the same jobs as each other. Because one is not the gender that is seen to be working that specific job, they believe it is alright to treat women unequally, it is basically degrading them not only to their face but to the society that surrounds them.

Sexism is the ideology that maintains that one sex is inherently inferior to the other. Sexism or discrimination based on gender has been a social issue for many years; it is the ideology that one sex is superior or inferior to the other. Sexism does not only affect females, but also males. Men are very often victimized by social stereotypes and norms based on gender expectations. Sexism has appears in almost all social institutions including family, the media, religion, sports, the military, politics, and the government. However, although both genders are affected, men have benefited from sexism the most (Thompson 300-301.)

Throughout time men have formed a way of discrimination against women setting the start of sexism. With so many female leaders today than ever in politics, and business many people question if sexism is still an issue in today’s society rather than how it may have been in the past. In early history sexism had been a huge topic or problem to many

I truly believe that most of sexism is harmful. There are so many different factors that play into sexism-between culture, religion, politics, and family upbringings-and so many different parts of this can point us in the wrong direction. We live in a world where many companies find it acceptable to pay women less than men for the same position, and where companies refuse to hire some of the most educated human beings simply because they are transgender. I am fortunate enough to work for a company that does not do either of these things. “How Racism and Sexism Killed Traditional Media” is a great book that accurately reflects not only how sexism and racism both killed their careers and their culture, but also how it affected so much more of

Sexism is a type of discrimination which I feel is such a part of our culture that we often do not even recognize it and it is widely overlooked. Johnson (2013) suggests “we need to deal with the social roots that generate and nurture the social problems that are reflected in the behavior of individuals” (p. 335). Unquestionably, it becomes difficult to recognize, and therefore begin to change, that which is the social norm in our world; and yet, to do nothing perpetuates the problem of a patriarchal culture (Johnson, 2013).

Sexism is synonymous to gender discrimination. It refers to the discrimination of persons basing on their gender. Sexism is based on traditional stereotypes and definitions of gender roles in the society which presumes that one gender is more superior to the other. It is an undisputable social problem which mostly affects women and girls, generally the female gender. The origin of sexism can be traced back in the 19th century in Egypt where women were not allowed to perform or engage in some activities. They were defined as inferior. It was also witnessed again in Rome. Sexism is largely a belief and not a policy. It tends to set boundaries and demarcations between the two genders, female and male, by stipulating what men and boys ought to do, and what women and girls should do. I the society, sexism is largely exercised against the female gender. It is set to retain the status quo of male chauvinism and dominance over the female gender. It tends to pin down the female gender in education, economic issues as well as social and political affairs. The definition of female gender as a lesser being is not based on facts but just stereotypes which the society has escalated to a higher level resulting in gender inequality (Tepperman, L., & Curtis).

Sexism has always been a major issue for women. It seems that today, everyone has to be careful of what they say and do so as to avoid offending someone. While everyone is busy worrying about extinguishing sexism towards women - which still is an issue that needs to be taken care of, who is concerned with sexism towards men? Sexism is just as much of an issue to men as it is to women.