The human race is over 200,000 years in the making, and we still struggle with treating women as someone who is equal to men. Sexism is not hard to find look around. It is probably happening right now. Women experience some type of sexism at least once a week, if not on a daily basis. No one is born a sexist, people are taught to be sexist. It is crucial that we teach our children how to recognize sexism. Influences in my life helped me understand when someone is being sexist.
The way people treated me in school influenced me enough to make me realize how sexism was taught in school. I am female and I was always labeled as being lesser than a male. Our abilities are often underestimated and questioned because of our sex. Females are defined …show more content…
Boys got special treatment by adults constantly because of the special treatment I am able to pick out sexism fairly fast. The special treatment influenced me enough to make me realize how widespread sexism had gone. Growing up a girl I could see how girls were treated differently. For some unknown reason the phrase boys will be boys was a boy’s way of wiggling out of any situation. An adult would say boys will be boys and somehow whatever they did was justified by the fact they were a boy. They were bullying another student? Oh well, boys will be boys. It was as if the phrase could change any wrong to a right no matter how wrong it was. Unfortunately, for girls there were no girls will be girls phrase to get us out of trouble. I could deal with them getting out of little predicaments, but when it came to the serious offenses I get so angry I could breathe fire. At an early age, I knew boys were rotten to girls, but I never knew that would carry on when I got older. The larger problems would not come along until the teenage years, but when they do they are often. When someone assaults another human being, nothing should get them out of their crimes. Somehow one simple phrase adults used to defend what a boy had done when he was younger was defending a major offense when he was older. A dog can be taught the words no and stop why can’t a man? Then again, someone who assaults a woman is not a man he is a boy. A man would never abuse a woman. It does not matter if it is sexual or physical abuse either way it should not be tolerated. The excuse needs to be put to an end when someone is referring to major crime. Everyday life influenced the way I witness and experience
The way people treated me in school influenced me enough to make me realize how sexism was taught in school. I am female and I was always labeled as being lesser than a male. Our abilities are often underestimated and questioned because of our sex. Females are defined …show more content…
Boys got special treatment by adults constantly because of the special treatment I am able to pick out sexism fairly fast. The special treatment influenced me enough to make me realize how widespread sexism had gone. Growing up a girl I could see how girls were treated differently. For some unknown reason the phrase boys will be boys was a boy’s way of wiggling out of any situation. An adult would say boys will be boys and somehow whatever they did was justified by the fact they were a boy. They were bullying another student? Oh well, boys will be boys. It was as if the phrase could change any wrong to a right no matter how wrong it was. Unfortunately, for girls there were no girls will be girls phrase to get us out of trouble. I could deal with them getting out of little predicaments, but when it came to the serious offenses I get so angry I could breathe fire. At an early age, I knew boys were rotten to girls, but I never knew that would carry on when I got older. The larger problems would not come along until the teenage years, but when they do they are often. When someone assaults another human being, nothing should get them out of their crimes. Somehow one simple phrase adults used to defend what a boy had done when he was younger was defending a major offense when he was older. A dog can be taught the words no and stop why can’t a man? Then again, someone who assaults a woman is not a man he is a boy. A man would never abuse a woman. It does not matter if it is sexual or physical abuse either way it should not be tolerated. The excuse needs to be put to an end when someone is referring to major crime. Everyday life influenced the way I witness and experience