And Gender Bias Continues...
Girls are not good at math and science. Girls know all the rules of etiquette. I roll my eyes whenever someone mentions one of these common stereotypes, yet so many people continue to believe them. Though people do not like to admit it, gender bias plays a very real part in our lives. For centuries women were prejudiced against, and it continues to happen today. I see gender bias throughout history, in our world today, and in my own life as well.
Undoubtedly gender bias has occurred many times in the past. Almost as a rule in monarchies, the male controlled the throne. Hatshepsut, the first female pharaoh of Egypt, suffered ridicule because she was a woman. I think of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first female doctor, and how medical colleges at first refused to allow her to attend lectures because of her sex. Marie Curie helped to discover radium, despite the perception at the time that women should not study science. Perhaps one of the more obvious examples is of Susan B. Anthony and the suffragettes in America, who endured jail and police brutality while campaigning for women’s right to vote. This is all upsetting, but even more alarming are the biases that continue to occur today. …show more content…
I found that in some Muslim countries, the government forbids women to drive cars. It saddened me deeply to know that, in many countries people choose to abort far more female than male babies. This is because various places around the world consider boys more valuable than girls, as boys carry on the family lineage. In America, a definite salary gap remains between what men and women with the same degrees can earn. Though I knew about these before, a personal experience has made gender bias very real to
Girls are not good at math and science. Girls know all the rules of etiquette. I roll my eyes whenever someone mentions one of these common stereotypes, yet so many people continue to believe them. Though people do not like to admit it, gender bias plays a very real part in our lives. For centuries women were prejudiced against, and it continues to happen today. I see gender bias throughout history, in our world today, and in my own life as well.
Undoubtedly gender bias has occurred many times in the past. Almost as a rule in monarchies, the male controlled the throne. Hatshepsut, the first female pharaoh of Egypt, suffered ridicule because she was a woman. I think of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first female doctor, and how medical colleges at first refused to allow her to attend lectures because of her sex. Marie Curie helped to discover radium, despite the perception at the time that women should not study science. Perhaps one of the more obvious examples is of Susan B. Anthony and the suffragettes in America, who endured jail and police brutality while campaigning for women’s right to vote. This is all upsetting, but even more alarming are the biases that continue to occur today. …show more content…
I found that in some Muslim countries, the government forbids women to drive cars. It saddened me deeply to know that, in many countries people choose to abort far more female than male babies. This is because various places around the world consider boys more valuable than girls, as boys carry on the family lineage. In America, a definite salary gap remains between what men and women with the same degrees can earn. Though I knew about these before, a personal experience has made gender bias very real to