Sexism In Nigeria Essay

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INTRODUCTION
I moved to Canada from Nigeria about three years ago for my education and during my stay in both countries, I have dealt with classism and sexism. I come from a low-income family, and because I am a woman, I have always being targeted for belonging to oppressed groups. So before I am poor in the eyes of the society, I am a “helpless and emotional” woman. In Nigeria, women are not expected to aim as high as the men. A lot of the time, women are seen as objects for exploitation, arranged marriages, prostitution and are often deprived of formal education. From my childhood until now, my family would be classified among the lower middle class citizens. In Nigeria, wealth is a very important factor to how you are treated. Because of
Growing up as a female child in Nigeria, I was expected to conform to the socially constructed gender roles that have been passed down from generation to generation. In Nigeria, together with other countries, tradition, religion, social belief and others are channels of woman abuse. Patriarchy is a social system in which males hold primary power, predominate in roles of political leadership, moral authority, social privilege and control of property. As in most traditional societies, the Nigerian society is very patriarchal in nature. Sexism will always come up in patriarchal societies because when men are in charge of everything, there is a high possibility of domination of women and unequal share of
More and more, women are bound by the glass ceiling in the corporate world. The glass ceiling is a barrier “so subtle that it is transparent, yet so strong that it prevents women from moving up the corporate hierarchy." From their vantage point on the corporate ladder, women can see the high-level corporate positions but are kept from "reaching the top" (Ann Morrison, 1987). Ann Morrison goes ahead to say that the glass ceiling "is not simply a barrier for an individual, based on the person 's inability to handle a higher-level job. Rather, the glass ceiling applies to women as a group who are kept from advancing higher because they are women.” Even in the event that a woman does make it to the top, she is discriminated against when it comes to pay. In 2015, Canadian working women are making about $8,000 less a year than men doing an equivalent job, says a study that highlights the persistence of gender inequalities in the workplace (Mary Beach, 2015).
Every woman’s experience of sexism is different. As a black woman, I have had to deal with racialized sexism. This is when I am besieged both as a gender minority and as a person of color. A common stereotype of black women is the “angry black woman”. The angry black woman is often portrayed as angry and

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