Misogyny, defined by the Oxford Dictionary as the “the dislike of, contempt for or ingrained prejudice against women”, has entwined itself into society throughout the course of history, with its ability to be manifested through the means of discrimination, objectification and exploitation. This prejudice is described as one of the world’s oldest as women are still so often regarded as inferior, resulting in their voices being supressed in favour of their male counterparts. There is thereby an increased lack of opportunity for them to prosper in such a male orientated environment and I believe that too many people in our society do not recognise the plight of these women, targeted purely on their gender.
Without a doubt there has been considerable …show more content…
Gender bias is prevalent in the workplace, as shown by the results of a survey recently conducted by a market research agency which found that 44% of women felt that their gender has hindered their career, or will do so in the future. From a young age girls are taught to aspire to marriage and a family, and not to compete for jobs but for men, which reflects an analysis of the Equal Opportunities Commission’s statistics which found that the number of women who lose their jobs every year as a result of maternity discrimination may be higher than previously thought at 50,000. Professional women are somewhat defined by their families, with a phrase along the lines of “mother of two” commonly headlining articles, as the sheer weight of history makes it difficult for new ideas and cultural norms to establish and settle, and thus the belief that a woman only serves a domestic purpose …show more content…
We are all too used to hearing of such stories; feminist Karen Ingala-Smith claims that the rate of women killed through suspected male violence has been a staggering one every 2.38 days in the past year alone. Violence against women, and with that victim blaming, is a tremendous and vast problem with statistics suggesting that 1 in 3 women have been abused in some way in their lifetime, often by someone that is known to them. In the UK, the police receive a call every minute relating to domestic violence, which totals to an estimated half a million
Without a doubt there has been considerable …show more content…
Gender bias is prevalent in the workplace, as shown by the results of a survey recently conducted by a market research agency which found that 44% of women felt that their gender has hindered their career, or will do so in the future. From a young age girls are taught to aspire to marriage and a family, and not to compete for jobs but for men, which reflects an analysis of the Equal Opportunities Commission’s statistics which found that the number of women who lose their jobs every year as a result of maternity discrimination may be higher than previously thought at 50,000. Professional women are somewhat defined by their families, with a phrase along the lines of “mother of two” commonly headlining articles, as the sheer weight of history makes it difficult for new ideas and cultural norms to establish and settle, and thus the belief that a woman only serves a domestic purpose …show more content…
We are all too used to hearing of such stories; feminist Karen Ingala-Smith claims that the rate of women killed through suspected male violence has been a staggering one every 2.38 days in the past year alone. Violence against women, and with that victim blaming, is a tremendous and vast problem with statistics suggesting that 1 in 3 women have been abused in some way in their lifetime, often by someone that is known to them. In the UK, the police receive a call every minute relating to domestic violence, which totals to an estimated half a million