What Role Does Sexism Play In Our Society

Men were the only people for many years to have jobs to maintain the family. I believe because women were so late in gaining equal rights they, till this day they are underpaid. It is unfair that both sexes can have the same qualifications and job and yet women still fall short in salary pay. Even when it comes to promotions bosses tend to choose men because it gives their company a better imagine, a more “manly” image. A man in front of a company is said to show more strength and business knowledge rather than a women. People tend to be somewhat skeptical of what a women is capable of handling in their jobs as well as in a everyday life situation. Women aren’t as involved in meetings are given any challenging tasks because women are seen as incapable to handle it. During the hiring process there tends an abundance of discrimination. Women are typically chosen for women-based jobs like cleaning or nursing. Men are typically chosen for manly jobs like business and construction. Women able to to the same jobs so it’s not like they don’t try, they just aren’t very likely in getting the job. When it comes to the hiring process sexism tends to be programmed into people 's brains.

Society today places many ideals when it comes to proper behaviours regarding gender roles. These are considered societal norms that are widely debated and controversial. Society has created a norm, which encompasses specific expectations and rules that change the daily lives of men and women, giving them specific tasks and behaviours to abide by. These standards are known as gender roles, which are defined as distinguishing actions, thoughts, and feelings of males and females. Gender roles are said to be a result of nature, which is a natural process, every male or female is to follow. On the other hand it can be a result of nurture, which changes ones way of thinking and adapting their lifestyle to fit their environment. Either way gender roles are a part of someone’s life from the moment of their birth, as they develop, and long after that, this proves that gender roles are influential to a person’s life and development. This essay examines how media such as music, family life, and different parenting styles encompass gender roles and teaches behaviours regarding them. Therefore, gender roles define males and females are a result of nurture and not nature.

Sexism refers to the prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination, typically against women, on the basis of their gender. It is a fact that throughout history, men have had more power than women, and that even now, in 2016, we live in a world where, for the most part, men are still considered superior to women. There are different kinds of sexism present in our everyday lives, some forms of sexism have been embedded so deep in our brains that they’ve become normalized and go unperceived, while others are blatant but ongoing, still, the image that men are the dominant sex is alive and well, both consciously and unconsciously in the minds of men and women around the world.

Other factors include differnet occupations held amoungst both genders and the theory of a double standard. In many societies women have been characterized as nutures while men have been more seen as the initial providers. However, as time advances women have constantly proven that they should not be underestimated. Money is the single most infulencial aspect of social status in today's society. Having both good and bad affects on society, money has proven to be the biggest factor influencing sexism.

Wages. Opportunities. Stereotypes. These are just a few of the many ways that gender inequality is shown in modern life.

Gender inequality has been the main focus for many centuries through the use of discrimination and oppression women were exploited. Where women had very little rights of their own or a voice in society but made many sacrifices to achieve equal rights whether it be in employment or other areas of inequality. As men were seen as masculine breadwinners and women as more feminine by looking after the family and raring of children.

Women first gained the right to vote on August 26, 1920 with the 19th amendment was approved, giving women full voting rights. Fortified by the constitutional victory in 1920, the handful of new women in Congress embarked on what would become a century-long journey to broaden women’s role in government. In the intervening years, the drive for more women’s rights encompassed the lives of the next generations of women. Even today, women are still fighting for their rights and stand up against prejudice. On the forefront of this movement are our women congresswomen who speak on behalf of all women. When Hillary Clinton announced her presidential candidacy, controversial questions immediately surfaced about the role of gender in politics. Through Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign in 2008 and 2016, media is the principal propagator in showing bias and sexism.

The article I read was You’re Sexist. And So Am I from USA Today. This article went into discussing how everyone has internalized sexism, believing in sexism in their head, whether they like to believe it or not. This is because society teaches people norms that women must follow in order for them to be respected. As we have discussed in class, this is the idea of subjectivity because all of these social codes are predetermined and that makes them very difficult to change. One example of this was in the article when it talked about how women often chose their careers around them someday becoming mothers. Women are expected to have children and then take time off from work to raise their children. No one believes that men should be expected to stay at home and raise children because it is not the societal norm. Therefore when a woman chooses a career around impending motherhood, she is falling into subjectivity.

For this weeks CTYW activity I talked to my friends boyfriend, Garth and my neighbor Khloe. Garth defined racism as, “hostile acts against a group of people that is fueled by hate”. He gave examples of the KKK attacking African American's. He said most of his knowledge about racism comes from school and real life experience. He mentioned how the black lives matter movement has been very eye opening to him. For sexism he defined it as, "a bias against women, which could lead to them getting less pay or even being in more physical danger than men”. When I asked him if he think sexism can affect men, he said he did not believe so. For prejudice he just defined is as a, "stereotype". He believes that prejudice can lead to racism but only if hate starts to form.

Considering myself as a family member of the 19th century middle class; I would want to reshape aspects such as equality in the roles men and woman play. It seems as if back in theses time and even today men and woman are separated in category’s such as the men do the outside labor and woman do the inside labor. Additionally the men of this time were looked to work and the woman were looked to stay at home, cook, clean and keep a peaceful home environment. By that being said, it seems that this was the beginning of sexism in America; the separating of roles based on gender. I think reshaping the equality of roles into the family will establish a more stable home environment that will encourage independence on both the man and woman. I feel

It’s now time for America’s to vote and they shouldn’t be thinking about what the candidates have been involved in but what they stand for. The statement of contention is that Celia Walden the author of the article If trump is elected next week he should thank Clintipathy, is saying that Hillary won’t win because American’s hate her while Kristina Keneally the author of the other article. Unlike Julia Gillard, Hillary Clinton will inherit an electorate incredibly alive to sexism says if Hillary does get elected she will be subject to a sexism. As they were both published in October one was on the 26th and the other was on the 3rd and they were both before the election as it effects all American’s and there future.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie once said, “Culture doesn’t make people. People make culture.” Webster’s Dictionary defines culture as the beliefs, customs, and arts of a particular society, place, group, or time. So, the million dollar question is: Why have Americans made sexism such a big role in their culture? From seasonal holidays, annual birthday celebrations, to everyday life, Americans have discovered a way to absent-mindedly incorporate something sexist in what they do or how they do it. Because sexism has strongly impacted men and women throughout history by enforcing gender roles and stereotypes, the traditional American society and culture should dismantle sexism by educating younger generations, publicly identifying sexist terms, and restricting a variety of negative media.

The U.S. is known to have many issues in its society including racism and sexism. There have been laws that were made in attempt to stop discrimination against color but to this day, women still aren’t seen as equals to men. Institutional sexism is the discrimination of a certain gender at a workplace. Sexism is portrayed in the differences between the number of men versus the number of females that have management positions, get higher pay, have more opportunities for advancement and, are more likely to get hired. This oppression against women can impact lives of many women emotionally, mentally, and physically. Sexism also leads to sexual violence and domestic violence because the idea that women and men are unequal causes women to be taken advantage of at home, at work, and everywhere else. Institutional sexism is a topic that needs to be talked about more because the U.S. needs have a law that doesn’t allow sexual discrimination anywhere. Institutional sexism in the workplace is an ongoing issue nationally and internationally that takes advantage of women and their work that needs to stop.

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.

Sexism is defined as the discrimination or hatred against people based on their gender rather than who they are as an individual. This has been going on all throughout history, even as far back as the Bible, with Adam and Eve. Eve’s role was to be considered that of a servant rather than a human being. And it continues into modern day. Girls cannot play certain sports at school because of their gender. This type of behavior isn’t just found in day to day life, but in the media we as humans have created. Commercials, movies, advertisements, and even video games contain a lot of sexism in them. Why is this needed?