Sexism
... dollar made by the average male. -Women’s athletic budgets at schools and colleges average less than 20% of men’s. -One-third of the families headed by women live below the poverty line. -By the twenty-first century 99% of the people on welfare will be women and dependent children. -Of the brighter high school graduates who do not go on to college, 70% to 90% are girls. -As more men have entered the field of elementary education in the past twenty- five years, the pay scale in that profession has risen disproportionately. -As more women have entered the field of accounting in the past twenty-five years, the pay scale in that profession has remained static. -In a recent pole taken by the "New York Times" 62% of working women interviewed agreed with this statement "Most men are willing to let women get ahead, but only if women do all the housework at home first." It’s easy to see that women face quite a few challenges in various settings, including education and employment. From a young age we see women stereotyped in our environment by the media and other people around us. Even the most conventional traditions may have a sexist undertone that a person may not notice on first glace. Take, for example, a woman’s marriage to a man. It is customary for the bride’s father to give her away to the husband-to-be- showing that this woman was her father’s possession and soon to be that of her husband. There also is an ongoing debate on sexism in language and vocabulary. We’ve already seen changes in this when it comes to fields of employment. Policemen became police officers. Firemen are now referred to as fire fighters. Even waiters and waitresses are now proclaimed as servers. There are many ...