Essay On Gender Inequality And Racism

“A gender-equal society would be where the word “gender” does not exist: where everyone can be themselves.” This phrase is said by one of the most interesting person I know across the nation, Gloria Steinem. She contradicted the statement that men are powerful than women, and that women should have less rights than men. There are many so-called types of sexism. One 's physical and mind sexism, where one gender is believed to be much more sophisticated than the other gender. Another one is what I called the gender pay gap sexism, where one gender gets paid more than the opposite gender. One more type of sexism is the combo of gender inequality and racism. In “Lucy”, “The House of Mirth”, “Ain’t I a Woman?”, and the denial of a father’s custody …show more content…
Looking back on the post-slavery practices of Black women in the United States, household slaves, especially women, were only limited to taking care their master’s children. And because Lucy is seen as one of them, she is confined to work only as a nanny. Although originally she is from Antigua where mostly the color of skin is similar to African women in the United States. Moreover, Lucy’s parents expect less from her, while her brothers are encouraged to pursue a wonderful career. Her mother only wants her to study nursing rather than anything else because its a norm for women in Antigua to become a nurse. That is to say, there also is sexism against women in terms of education and occupation. “Each time a new child was born, my mother and father announced to each other with great seriousness that the new child would go to university in England and study to become a doctor or lawyer or someone who would occupy an important and influential position in society.(pg.130)” This passage indicates that boys, as soon as they born, have much more aspirations from their parents than a girl. She is the eldest child in her family, but since she is a girl, no one, even her mother doesn’t expect any great achievement from