Sexism started early when the first civilizations were established, during this time men owned everything. Men owned all wealth, livestock, and the family including the wife and children. This included taking charge in powering jobs that resulted in important decisions influenced by men. This made systems that were extremely unjust towards women. Sexism has been an accepted part of life that should be changed as sexism was seen in Shakespeare’s writing The Merchant of Venice 400 years ago, and has yet not changed, sexism has been seen in countries around the world, including Jordan, Saudi Arabia,and the United States, but women and men have started movements to put an end to sexism.
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“The laws in Saudi Arabia prevent the women in their own country to do simple daily tasks without the permission of either their husband or a male guardian.” (Hegarty) Why should a perfectly capable women have to ask to simple daily task that people take for granted? The women in their country that they are devoted too have to abide to these sexist laws and not have the freedom they deserve. In the Country of Jordan in the artiles it allows the judge to lessen the sentence of a man who murders any women in his family out of anger (World Economic Forum) Why should someone who is murdered out of anger be have to be unjustified by the law of their home country. “A 14 year old high school was raped by Jaime Melendez and was forced to pay $110 per week in child support for the unaborted child. Melendez lawyers later argued that he should deserve visitation rights. He gained the visitation rights and later stopped paying the fine.” (American Bar) The United States is portrayed as one of the great and thriving countries of the world. Why should they allow absurd rules that benefit criminals? Rape is an horrific crime and the rapists should not be allowed to see the child they forced upon the women. Although sexism is commonly seen throughout history and throughout nations today, through all the hate and discrimination women and men are joining forces to put an end to sexism in the
Sexism was seen in Shakespeare’s writing The Merchant of …show more content…
“The laws in Saudi Arabia prevent the women in their own country to do simple daily tasks without the permission of either their husband or a male guardian.” (Hegarty) Why should a perfectly capable women have to ask to simple daily task that people take for granted? The women in their country that they are devoted too have to abide to these sexist laws and not have the freedom they deserve. In the Country of Jordan in the artiles it allows the judge to lessen the sentence of a man who murders any women in his family out of anger (World Economic Forum) Why should someone who is murdered out of anger be have to be unjustified by the law of their home country. “A 14 year old high school was raped by Jaime Melendez and was forced to pay $110 per week in child support for the unaborted child. Melendez lawyers later argued that he should deserve visitation rights. He gained the visitation rights and later stopped paying the fine.” (American Bar) The United States is portrayed as one of the great and thriving countries of the world. Why should they allow absurd rules that benefit criminals? Rape is an horrific crime and the rapists should not be allowed to see the child they forced upon the women. Although sexism is commonly seen throughout history and throughout nations today, through all the hate and discrimination women and men are joining forces to put an end to sexism in the