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Sexism Research Paper

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“Women belong in the kitchen.” “Are you on your period?” “You play like a girl.” Within the halls of schools all across the United States, sexist phrases and comments run rampant. The mindset of an entire civil society is based around the fact that men are stronger, smarter, and more level-headed than women, thus making them more fit to be given opportunities and leadership roles. When a boy tells me, “Go make me a sandwich,” I am deemed “crazy” or “irrational” for speaking up in an assertive manner. However, when I do speak up about the injustices and double-standards to which women are held, I am met with timidity, reluctance, or even repulsin when daring to suggest that feminism addresses the issues associated with sexism and equality. If I could research any topic, I would choose to research the reason as to why so many citizens of the US, both men and women, are so opposed to the movement of feminism. My classmates laugh at me when I wear a shirt that says, “WE SHOULD ALL BE FEMINISTS.” Boys feel the need to comment on my choices and believes, anything from my decision to shave my legs to …show more content…

Why does society believe that it is so atrocious to be a feminist? What is wrong with the fact that women are emerging from the era in which they were constantly below men in the workforce and into the era in which women are taking leadership roles and protesting things that they are unjust? Why does everyone feel the need to comment on everything that a woman does, from how she does her hair or how she behaves? Feminism means that women are empowering other women. Feminism means that women are being encouraged to break the glass ceiling. Feminism means that both genders should be afforded the same opportunities. Strong women need to be in the world, and I would love to research the fact as to why so many people seem to believe

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