Sexism In The Workplace Essay

Workplace discrimination impacts almost every woman in society in a majorly negative way; as does the emphasis on reaching the standards of beauty. Although there are many young women accomplishing their dreams in any and all aspects, there are restricting pressures such as judgment passed on women based off their physical appearance, and a gender wage gap between females and their male counterparts. For centuries, women have been seen as the lesser sex. They have been seen as weak; feminine traits being undesirable, as they are associated with said weakness. As a gender, we've had the right to vote and share our voice and opinions for less than 100 years. Even now, fifty years after the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, there is still a gender wage gap between the sexes (Hegewisch).

Sexist messaging that fosters the suggestion that women are submissive objects,undeserving of attention and power, are inscribed into children's thoughts by a media that seldom features female characters unless they depict the love interests of men or used to highlight and contrast male characters. The idea of this “objectified woman… is the living doll who has replaced the liberated woman who should be making her way into the twenty-first century” (Walter).Females are criticized more harshly for their appearance, and judgments are formed too hastily based off of the same principle. Surprisingly enough, much of the denigration is coming from women to women, rather than from men (Milne). Although it could be argued that women simply "pay more attention to fashion", or that women "dress for other women" (Milne), it basically boils down to the sexism instilled in them that prejudices them against their own gender. A woman's job is seen, whether consciously or subconsciously, as simply to look