Sexism And Discrimination Essay

Many women have had experiences with sexism, whether that is in the workplace, on the street, or anywhere else. I have had many encounters with sexism. Men have stared at me inappropriately, called me stupid because I am a female, and demeaned me for my gender. My first experience with sexism was when my male teacher from the second grade advised my dad “to stop teaching me how to play baseball, to stop teaching me how to snowboard, stop taking me to football games, and start making me wear dresses like girls should. Because girls don’t need to be distracted by such complicated matters like sports, they just need to look pretty.” As an eight- year-old-girl, I was already exposed to sexism and discrimination because of my gender and the way …show more content…
I was afraid to look up to athletes like Vladimir Guerrero and Matt Hasselbeck. I believed that I didn’t meet people’s expectations of what a girl should be and I was afraid to let anybody down. It wasn’t until a year later that I finally became proud of who I was and proud of the fact that I was the only girl I knew who would fight a boy and watch hockey with my father. I may not be as dainty and feminine as what is expected by others, but that shows the injustice in our culture’s expectations. Girls should be able to play sports and wear whatever they like, and boys should be allowed to play dress up and watch reality television without judgement. Sexism is a prejudice that had plagued humanity for too long and should be stopped for the well-being of all people.
In the autobiography, “I Am Malala”, Malala faces sexism and the backlash that came from her fighting for her education. In her country of Pakistan, women are not seen as equal to men and Malala’s discontent with this is exemplified frequently. One quote describes her question of female freedom in Pakistan, “I dreamed of going to the top of Mount Elum like Alexander the Great to touch Jupiter and even beyond the valley. But, as I watched my brothers running