Sexism
According to Merriam-Webster, discrimination is the act of making or perceiving a difference. Which the key to this definition is “act”. People who act differently to the insight they are getting are without intention discriminating against something. Your consciousness is choosing to act a certain way due to the difference at hand. Each of us have discriminated in one way or another.
So, let’s dive in to how sexism has changed over the years. If we look back to how past times were in the 30’s and 40’s women wore below the knee fitted fashion vintage dresses with the large-curly hair and a matching hat. Most women then did not work, they stayed home and tended the children and housework. The husbands were the breadwinners and held the …show more content…
Dr. Peter Glick and Dr. Susan Fiske refer to hostile sexism as a sexist demonstration that views a disposition of superiority toward women. An example of this would be verbal, actions, or expressions that contribute the belief of women inadequate and incapable to men is the reflection of hostile sexism. Benevolent sexism as described by Dr. Glick and Dr. Fiske (2001) is “a subjectively favorable, chivalrous ideology,” a bit more difficult to explain, as it surrounds the nonaggressive mindset that women are more breakable, flimsy, and sensitive than men, so they are less effective or skilled to handle a man’s job. An example of this theory, is that more men work factory jobs because it is more of a difficult job, like work with heavy machinery. The fact is that there are women who can. They have the strength and knowledge to work such …show more content…
In both government and society, the thought of women in high positions of power and belief were frowned upon. After many decades women felt tired of being treated with such low standards, they wanted to be equal and that’s when the Women’s rights movement began. By the mid-1800s, the movement began to take off, their first assembly was held in 1848 at the Seneca Falls Convention. This assembly was marked as the beginning of the women’s suffrage movement.
Another subject I want to talk about is sexism in the workplace. Sexism in the workplace or in other terms occupational sexism, is bigotry that entails treating someone different because of their gender, or sexual orientation. Many unseen barriers that women face in the workplace while trying to climb the so-called corporate ladder, a term that is still used today “glass ceiling”. To my understanding, it means that no matter how hard I try or how educated I am I will never be on the other side of that
According to Merriam-Webster, discrimination is the act of making or perceiving a difference. Which the key to this definition is “act”. People who act differently to the insight they are getting are without intention discriminating against something. Your consciousness is choosing to act a certain way due to the difference at hand. Each of us have discriminated in one way or another.
So, let’s dive in to how sexism has changed over the years. If we look back to how past times were in the 30’s and 40’s women wore below the knee fitted fashion vintage dresses with the large-curly hair and a matching hat. Most women then did not work, they stayed home and tended the children and housework. The husbands were the breadwinners and held the …show more content…
Dr. Peter Glick and Dr. Susan Fiske refer to hostile sexism as a sexist demonstration that views a disposition of superiority toward women. An example of this would be verbal, actions, or expressions that contribute the belief of women inadequate and incapable to men is the reflection of hostile sexism. Benevolent sexism as described by Dr. Glick and Dr. Fiske (2001) is “a subjectively favorable, chivalrous ideology,” a bit more difficult to explain, as it surrounds the nonaggressive mindset that women are more breakable, flimsy, and sensitive than men, so they are less effective or skilled to handle a man’s job. An example of this theory, is that more men work factory jobs because it is more of a difficult job, like work with heavy machinery. The fact is that there are women who can. They have the strength and knowledge to work such …show more content…
In both government and society, the thought of women in high positions of power and belief were frowned upon. After many decades women felt tired of being treated with such low standards, they wanted to be equal and that’s when the Women’s rights movement began. By the mid-1800s, the movement began to take off, their first assembly was held in 1848 at the Seneca Falls Convention. This assembly was marked as the beginning of the women’s suffrage movement.
Another subject I want to talk about is sexism in the workplace. Sexism in the workplace or in other terms occupational sexism, is bigotry that entails treating someone different because of their gender, or sexual orientation. Many unseen barriers that women face in the workplace while trying to climb the so-called corporate ladder, a term that is still used today “glass ceiling”. To my understanding, it means that no matter how hard I try or how educated I am I will never be on the other side of that