Essays on Sexism

Following the major economic boom in the roaring twenties, America was plunged into a dark time known as the Great Depression. All economic success that was brought by the victory of war diminished into desperate, starving workers. With the drastic change, the popular culture of…

There is no doubt that during the early 1900s there was a large amount of sexism, especially towards women and their responsibilities, abilities, and their work. At the time there was no exception in the world of illustration. Women were not allowed to use nude…

The Bell Jar is a classic that explores the stigma of mental illness, sexism and the destructive mental health system of the 1950s. The Bell Jar concerns a young, successful woman’s eventual breakdown and suicide attempt, it tells a story of recovery, redemption, struggle, and…

Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll House focuses on a Norwegian middle-class family whose very survival is threatened by long-held secrets revolving around family dynamics. The characters portray the complexities underlying the relationships between men and women. Some aspects of the play mirror certain elements in Susan…

In the discourse of gender equality, patriarchy is a major theme. In a paper produced by Littrell R. and Bertsch A. (2013) studying the status of women in the patriarchal belt, highlighted the prevalence and universality of patriarchy in underdeveloped and agrarian societies and civilizations…

Girl power” has been a popular phrase for Americans to describe the success of women, but could the reality be that women are faced with gender inequalities behind make-believe fabrications of the media? In the article “Everyday Sexism In A ‘Post-Feminist’ World”, written by Hayley…

Alright. Going all in, here. Christianity gets some of the blame for irrational thought and misogyny being commonplace in the West. And “some” is generous on my part, as it has been a perpetual tool in the consolidation of power. The Bible has not helped…

A newly discovered written account from one of Harvey Weinstein’s accusers might just hurt the case against the producer. Lucia Evans has accused Weinstein of forcing her to perform oral sex on him in 2004, but one of her written accounts suggests her encounter was…

The word sexism is defined as classifying women based on sex, this can also be called discrimination. The conversations discussed in the chapter “Ysrael” between Rafa and Yunior at such a young age is no doubt sexist and discriminatory towards women. I would say that…

SEXISM’S RELATION TO ASSAULT Abstract Women and men have various oppressed groups within them, and they have different reasons for which they are oppressed. One of these groups are women who are abused and assaulted. While there may a lot of causes because of which…