Sexism In The Workplace Essay

If we look at the definition for sexism in our sociology textbook it would read “the belief that one sex, usually male, is superior to the other” (Ferris & Stein 2016). If you think about it that definition itself is demonstrating sexism by saying “usually male, is superior to the other” Sexism takes place all over the world today in all contemporary cultures and it is demonstrated to not only women but also men. Sexism takes place everywhere from the workplace to home and even in a child’s classroom, yes sexism can also be demonstrated in children. Although sexism takes place in so many places I decided to focus on sexism in the workplace. I’m sure once in a lifetime someone will get the feeling of discrimination in a workplace. Usually, women are the targets of discrimination in the workplace. Some women don’t even realize

The average guy will get a raise before the average girl or maybe the average girl won’t even get the job because she’s a female. In 1999, there were twenty-four thousand gender inequality complaints filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. They were written by women of all job descriptions including IT workers, stock brokers, factory workers, police officers, fire fighters, and professors. Studies were taken from sixty-five men and women that were interviewed for different job positions to test for proof of inequality. The results of these tests showed women receiving half of the number of job offers as men and the women receiving lower pay, thus proving that gender inequality or sexism in the workplace is still a modern say issue in our society (Sex Discrimination in the American Workplace: Still a Fact of Life, 2000). Sexism is an ongoing thing so although my research shows sexism form the 90’s it dates even farther back to before industrialization, when women had to stay home and cook and clean while men make the money. Studies show that women who were exposed to old-fashioned sexism displayed less self-defeating