Modern sexism. The old ideology that ‘women belong in the kitchen’ and ‘the man being the main bread winner’ but we’ve moved past this now haven’t we? True, sexism isn’t as prominent now as it was in, say the 50’s; but a lot of problems now have just become the ‘norm’ so we don’t notice them as much, For instance: female celebrities being penalised for not wearing revealing clothing and that it’s not socially acceptable to show emotion.
Firstly, I would like to say males have emotions too, okay? It’s not an exclusively female trait. However, boys are taught from an early age to be emotionless zombies and supress feelings that come naturally. This may seem like a problem that doesn’t really mean anything - something that is simply ‘mental’. Sure, supressing emotion can cause mental damage such as depression and poor memory. But supressing emotion can also cause physical damage, such as high blood pressure and even heart disease! All of this just because emotion doesn’t seem masculine enough. Feminism has the unpleasant image that all feminists are ugly, stay at home mums, who hate all men. Feminists have lost control of their reputation, in my opinion, because feminists are not their stereotypes. The feminism dictionary definition is: “the advocacy of women's rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes.” Who can argue with the Oxford English dictionary? Sports are riddled with gender divide. …show more content…
I appreciate that obviously there is a significant difference between men and women in strength and sporting ability, therefore they have to compete in different races - this much I know; what I don’t understand is, why girls who love sports are made to feel inferior because they cannot compete with boys physically? The idea that girls are supposed to be ‘neat and dainty’ and definitely not as strong as guys is implanted in their head. Heaven forbid a girl being able to kick a football. Equally, there are certain sports, like gymnastics and dance that aren’t thought of as manly enough, so boys are discouraged from participating and enjoying these sports, which is such a shame considering what brilliant sports they are.
One of the key examples of casual sexism is street calling. How many times have you been walking along, minding your own business, when a passing man in a car calls out to you? Or you are bothered by some builders on the side of the road? Modern day women have become used to this experience; I am sad to say. Street calling is, in my opinion the most common source of everyday sexism. women have to just ignore it now and quite frankly I don’t think that’s right. We shouldn’t have to learn to deal with it, men should learn not to do it! There is a test in the media called the Bechtel test. It is a simple assessment which examines these 3 topics: the text has to have at least 2 women in it, who actually have names and have a conversation about something other than a man. I know what you’re thinking “all movies follow this” but you, my friend would be wrong. Obviously there are many more old films that don’t pass than modern ones, but there are many that interestingly don’t pass such as: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, and the majority of the Star Wars films – showing that
Firstly, I would like to say males have emotions too, okay? It’s not an exclusively female trait. However, boys are taught from an early age to be emotionless zombies and supress feelings that come naturally. This may seem like a problem that doesn’t really mean anything - something that is simply ‘mental’. Sure, supressing emotion can cause mental damage such as depression and poor memory. But supressing emotion can also cause physical damage, such as high blood pressure and even heart disease! All of this just because emotion doesn’t seem masculine enough. Feminism has the unpleasant image that all feminists are ugly, stay at home mums, who hate all men. Feminists have lost control of their reputation, in my opinion, because feminists are not their stereotypes. The feminism dictionary definition is: “the advocacy of women's rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes.” Who can argue with the Oxford English dictionary? Sports are riddled with gender divide. …show more content…
I appreciate that obviously there is a significant difference between men and women in strength and sporting ability, therefore they have to compete in different races - this much I know; what I don’t understand is, why girls who love sports are made to feel inferior because they cannot compete with boys physically? The idea that girls are supposed to be ‘neat and dainty’ and definitely not as strong as guys is implanted in their head. Heaven forbid a girl being able to kick a football. Equally, there are certain sports, like gymnastics and dance that aren’t thought of as manly enough, so boys are discouraged from participating and enjoying these sports, which is such a shame considering what brilliant sports they are.
One of the key examples of casual sexism is street calling. How many times have you been walking along, minding your own business, when a passing man in a car calls out to you? Or you are bothered by some builders on the side of the road? Modern day women have become used to this experience; I am sad to say. Street calling is, in my opinion the most common source of everyday sexism. women have to just ignore it now and quite frankly I don’t think that’s right. We shouldn’t have to learn to deal with it, men should learn not to do it! There is a test in the media called the Bechtel test. It is a simple assessment which examines these 3 topics: the text has to have at least 2 women in it, who actually have names and have a conversation about something other than a man. I know what you’re thinking “all movies follow this” but you, my friend would be wrong. Obviously there are many more old films that don’t pass than modern ones, but there are many that interestingly don’t pass such as: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, and the majority of the Star Wars films – showing that