Essay On Sexism

In our society today, there are still many techniques of discrimination that one would think had been eradicated years ago. One of these techniques is sexism, which is the act of prejudice, stereotyping, and/or intolerance on the basis of gender. Sexism has taken control over the way people think and it affects the job industry, government decisions, the media, and unfortunately, education.

Children begin to experience sexism at a young age, typically in elementary school. An example of a subliminal sexist message that they might experience would be a teacher scolding a female student for acting in an unorthodox fashion that does not fit the ‘calm, respectful, and neat’ stereotype for girls, but then excusing the same actions of a male student, using the overused, disgusting statement ‘boys will be boys.’ In a different situation, a boy might be teased, mocked, made fun of for showing there more sensitive. These gender roles are not only teaching young children stereotypes, but also preventing them from perusing their goals because what they want is not ‘modest enough for a girl’ or ‘strong enough for a boy.’

In United States politics, there are many cases of discrimination mostly against women, as our government is predominately male. It is too often that in the news there are numerous counts of senators, representatives, …show more content…
An example of sexism in the media would be a headline regarding how ‘promiscuous’ or ‘provocative’ a female celebrity is when she is known for being in multiple relationships, and then how ‘sexy’ and ‘manly’ a male celebrity is when he has been with multiple women. There is no difference in these situations, except the gender. Another scenario would be making the light of the abuse of a male to show the empowerment and strength of a woman. Degrading one gender to praise another is not equality. It is blatant