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Sexism, 2004.
An overview and analysis of sexism within the context of the labeling theory.
2,432 words (approx. 9.7 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 119.95
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This paper defines sexism and examines its history, causes, consequences, and scope. In doing so, it discusses the ?labeling theory? and how it relates to sexism. Labeling theory is a social behavioral theory that describes how attaching labels to a person can shape a person?s self-perception and the expectations or behavior of others toward the labeled person in ways that reinforce the label. It also evaluates possible solutions of the problem of sexism as it relates to the community, nation, and workplace, in order to evolve workable strategies for the implementation of the solutions.
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What is Sexism?
History and Causes of Sexism
Consequences of Sexism
The Labeling Theory
Solutions to the Problem of Sexism
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"Another example of gender bias in our language is that there is no special male suffix for a married man (?Mr.? is used for both a married and unmarried men) while ?Mrs.? is used to signify a married woman (the use of Ms. is a recent phenomenon and still not universally used).
Media and Culture: The influence of cultural media such as television and film has become overwhelming. Some sociologists even believe that the influence of television and films on the developing minds of young children exceeds that of even their parents. The media perpetuates sexism by presenting stereotypical images of men and women. Women are often depicted on TV dramas as housewives and mothers while men are usually shown doing all the exciting work outside the home, thereby implying that men have no involvement in their homes and families, and that women have no interest in the outside world."
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Sexism, 2004.
Discusses the many different aspects of sexism in societies.
1,319 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 71.95
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This paper looks at how sexism manifests itself in all societies. The paper points out its historical and traditional roots and that it is also reinforced by cultural institutions. The paper gives examples of sexism in the workforce, in the military, and in refugee situations.
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"Sexism refers to a full range of attitudes, preferences, laws, taboos and behaviors that differentiate and discriminate against the members of either sex. These may be the position of male dominance and female subjugation in institutions of modern societies. It may also be in the form of sexual stereotypes between men and women, which are commonly experienced or encountered in employment, especially on the positions they occupy and their earnings or income. One way in which sexual stereotypes have been expressed in the workplace is sexual harassment."
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Sexism in the Workplace, 2002.
Examining the negative aspects of sexism in the workplace and steps being taken by businesses to change this trend.
2,280 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 13 sources, APA, AU$ 113.95
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Discussies how companies are now beginning to recognize the adverse effects of workplace sexism and are doing something about it. It shows that because such a negative environment is considered contrary to positive company culture, the new wave in corporate America is to ensure against sexism in the workplace. This paper examines how businesses are becoming more and more interactive in addressing the issue so as not to perpetuate the ill will and discord that have developed over the past several years.
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"Sexism in the workplace is an industry ill that has run rampant over the past several decades. Only within this time frame has society come to realize that there is no place for gender prejudice when both men and women are working hard toward the same goals. "Despite regulations that attempt to promote equality within the workplace, discrimination against certain social groups such as women still occurs, with women faring worse than men on most measures of economic equity, including income, unemployment, and occupational distribution" (Trentham et al, 1998, p. 1). In some cases, women have demonstrated considerable more dedication to the job than men, who are often categorized as being lazy and ineffective when compared to their female counterparts. Indeed, there is room for both genders within the workplace, but it will entail establishing an element of respect for the individual, as well as recognition of duty no matter the sex, that will finally allow gender prejudice to be completely eliminated within the workplace."
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Sexism and the Business World, 2005.
This paper discusses the subject of sexism in the business world and examines whether it is poses a threat to women.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 114.95
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It is tempting to think of sexism in the business world as steadily diminishing. Using the examples of Hilary Rodham Clinton and Martha Stewart to back the claim that women are close to achieving equality with men both in politics and in the business world. However, this claim does not stand up to close scrutiny. This paper attempts to persuade the reader that sexism still exists in the business world and that women's continued success in business is at risk.
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"It is tempting to think of sexism in the business world as steadily diminishing. Using the examples of Hilary Rodham Clinton and Martha Stewart to back the claim that women are close to achieving equality with men both in politics and in the business world. However, this claim does not stand up to close scrutiny. This paper attempts to persuade the reader that sexism still exists in the business world, and that women's continued success in business is at risk. Progress Made According to Simmons the "glass ceiling" is showing "some real chips, cracks, and fissures" these days."
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Language and Sexism, 2004.
An analysis of language's role in sustaining inequality between the sexes.
2,975 words (approx. 11.9 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 140.95
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This paper discusses the role played by language in sexism. The paper examines whether language is the cause of sexism or whether sexism causes certain language. The paper contends that this might be impossible to distinguish, but assesses that language clearly plays a key role in perpetuating sexism and inequality between men and women. The paper claims that sexist language reveals the gender-bias that is pervasive in society. Sexist language takes many forms. From gender-related words used as insults or compliments to the sexualizing of previously gender-neutral words, the paper presents a myriad of examples of how the English language helps foster a chauvinistic society. The paper explores how the normalization of the male and reliance on masculine pronouns and nouns marginalizes the existence of women in society.
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"Gender-based words also play a role in maintaining sexual inequality when used in an insulting manner. For example, some of the most pejorative insults in the English language consist of calling a person a derogatory term for a vagina. Not only is the "p" word one of the ultimate insults that a person can levy towards a man, it has also become synonymous with an absolute lack of courage. Given that women use their vaginas to bring forth life, in what is almost universally recognized as an extremely painful process, the fact that a euphemism for the word "vagina" has become synonymous with the word "coward" indicates how language helps perpetuate sexual inequality."
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Sexism and Racism, 2007.
An argument against the points made by Laurence Thomas in his article entitled "Sexism and Racism: Some Conceptual Differences."
1,112 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 62.95
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This paper presents the writer's personal response to the essay by Laurence Thomas, entitled "Sexism and Racism: Some Conceptual Differences." It argues that Thomas presents an impractical argument, an exercise in rhetoric and semantics, based on subjective analysis. The writer then points to numerous flaws in the specific points that Thomas tries to make and suggests that since Thomas' essay was written, attitudes have changed dramatically.
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"And here is still another consideration: taking the position of a chauvinist in order to explain what sexism is ruins his argument in the first place. For example, on page 247 he says in the "traditional male role" a "real man" is one who "wears the pants around the house." This is an old-fashioned concept and has little to do with a man being "sexist" except for the fact that the writer himself seems to have chauvinistic ideas about the man-woman genre."
"Meanwhile, some of the arguments spelled out by Laurence Thomas have value, but others are completely innocuous. How can he say that "sexism" is "unlike racism" because it "lends itself to a morally unobjectionable description"? Both sexism and cultural bigotry are morally objectionable. Both are examples of the cultural confusion in our country."
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Gender and Sexism, 2002.
A review of contemporary writings on the issue of gender and sexism.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, AU$ 71.95
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A difficult challenge confronting sociologists is the integration of the social factors of class, race and ethnicity with the phenomena of gender and sexism. This essay will argue, through a critical analysis of Patience Elabor-Idemudia's "Challenges Confronting African Immigrant Women in the Canadian Workforce," that while a sociologist must consider all of these factors, in many circumstances she/he must prioritize which factors are of particular significance in a given context. As will be seen, it would be a fundamental mistake for a sociologist to assume that a single factor necessarily governs all social environments.
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"Racism, Sexism and Resistance in Segmented Labour Markets", 2002.
Analyzes the central arguments in Calliste's chapter "Racism, Sexism, and Resistance in Segmented Labour Markets".
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 114.95
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This eight-page undergraduate paper identifies the central arguments in Calliste's chapter "Racism, Sexism and Resistance in Segmented Labour Markets", and offers a discussion and analysis of those arguments.
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Sexism in the Media, 2004.
An analysis of sexism in the media via a portrayal of female athletes in media coverage.
1,200 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 12 sources, MLA, AU$ 66.95
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This paper discusses the phenomenon of sexism in the media. This is done by an examination of sports coverage. The paper explains that gender differences and inequality in media coverage are very prevalent in the area of sports or athletic coverage. Women are not only portrayed less often than men, but also with a more sexist scope and utilization of language. The paper offers a suggestion to correct this problem.
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"Sexist portrayal of men?s versus women?s athletic events and sporting events has prevailed in the media for some time. Armstrong and Hallmark (1999) note that until very recently, women in profession NCAA Division I women?s basketball teams, though popular, had received ?virtually no television exposure? during key station segments; women also suffered unfavorable practice times and ?hand me down uniforms? (p. 1). Perhaps no other area of media portrayal reveals as much gender inequality as the portrayal of women athletes. This is not because of a lack of interest in female sports necessarily. More and more women are participating in sports formerly considered male only."
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Sexism and Racism as a Means of Cheap Labor, 2002.
Evaluation of the idea that sexism and racism are an intentionally created phenomena for the intention of obtaining cheap labor.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 114.95
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This paper is a critical evaluation of three statements that can be reduced to one (the thesis). Sexism and racism are not accidental phenomena, but exist for the purpose of obtaining cheap labor.
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Sexism and Racism in Children's Literature, 2002.
A look at some classic children's literature and examples of sexism and racism in them.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 99.95
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This paper examines sexism, racism and children's literature. Like all literature, children's literature reflects the dominant culture of its origin. This means that many 'classics' of children's literature contain unacceptable bias. This paper examines three examples of this situation.
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Sexism and Canadian Women's Hockey, 2008.
This paper looks at the part played by sexism in the Canadian women's hockey field.
1,279 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 70.95
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In this article, the writer notes that today's society is based on a gender binary that requires men and women to be opposites. Men are expected to be active and aggressive; women are expected to be inactive and passive. The writer discusses that women in sports directly challenge this gender binary - they are not passive, but rather the opposite of passive. The writer maintains that women in sports are sometimes subjected to the abuse and discrimination that all gender outlaws in our society attract. The writer points out that this issue is particularly marked in Canadian women's hockey. The women's team is far more successful than the men's team and yet most people don't even know it exists. The writer discusses that women playing hockey detract from the aggressive male image associated with male hockey, while at the same time challenging every tenet of the gender binary. The writer concludes that teenagers should be taught parenting skills of which an important part should be examining and unlearning the sexism they have already learned from society.
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The Issue
Sources from the Internet
Explanation for the Issue and Plan of Action
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"Thus, as soon as a woman is strong and brave, she is suddenly a suspect! No wonder no one pays any attention to Canada's women hockey players!
"What is the solution to this? Clearly, there has to be an education program to combat the enduring belief in biological essentialism. Children need to be taught from a very young age that all people are capable of all attributes. They need to understand that the various human qualities are a virtual smorgasbord, from which they can freely choose, regardless of their gender. They need to be exposed to role models of adults who transcend the usual norms."
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Sexism and Religion, 2008.
A review on the subject of sexism and religion as related in the book "The Color Purple" by by Alice Walker.
1,077 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 60.95
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This paper relates that in "The Color Purple", by Alice Walker, sexism is interrelated in the novel with a spiritual and religious connection. The paper notes that several of the women in the story are extremely mistreated by men and, because this was so typical, these experiences were considered trivial. Thus, it comes to reason that the women in this book become inherently spiteful towards men because of their experiences. As a result, only when these women are able to separate from the oppression these men inflict on them are they be able to truly discover their true selves. This is what allows these women to truly connect with God. The paper concludes that African-American women have had to learn to fend for themselves, and actually developed a sort of solidarity that eventually became what can be referred to nowadays as a sisterhood.
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"In terms of men, Celie knew nothing else but how they had abused and misused her. Her father Alphonso beat and raped her, and even robbed her of her children (Walker 2). She finally escaped the abuses of her father, when he sells her to a man named Mr. ____ who had no intention of loving her. These two were married in a sense that neither one wanted to but Celie wasn't allowed a say and Mr. ______ had a wife who was basically a servant, which seemed fair enough to him. Mr. ____ also verbally and physically abused her. He treated her with no respect, and also insisted that Celie took care of his previous kids (Walker 45). If Celie did not want to, she was physically punished. Through all these traumatizing events, Celie lost respect for herself and forgot how to love. Her life consisted of nothing more than men who serially abused her. All the men she had known in her life had treated her poorly, and so she came to associate men with cruelty and aggression."
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Racism and Sexism in Kids Books, 2002.
A look at three examples of children's literature where racism and sexism appear.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 99.95
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This seven-page undergraduate paper discusses three children's books: "The Indian in the Cupboard", "Huckleberry Finn", and "The Five Chinese Brothers". The criteria are those of Norton and the Course Kit.
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Institutionalized Sexism in the Workplace, 2008.
An analysis of the environmental, cultural and structural factors relating to sexism in the workplace.
2,239 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 8 sources, APA, AU$ 111.95
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This paper addresses important environmental, cultural and structural factors that relate to North American private sector organizations. It also questions how Canadian organizational cultures may differ from those found elsewhere in North America. The paper then focuses on the expectations and aspirations of Canadian women vis-a-vis women in the workplace and the bias they face.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
A Changed Environment
Organizations as Machines
Culture and Aspiration
Sociologists and Questions
Concluding Discussion
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" As Deborah Brandt's compelling work reveals, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has certainly produced a re-gendering of labour towards the abject exploitation of very poor women who will never know the confines of institutional or organizational employment, never lament that higher studies or qualifications earn them a 10 or 15 percent pay difference, or that they cannot reach a board of directors. (2000) These matters can seem much more important for sociologists to discuss when examining power in relation to institutions that need to be examined in their much greater, macro-systemic and environmental meanings. The stronger questions of gendered labour would seem those involving women - and men - for whom labour and access to paltry wages are matters of life and death."
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Cultural Sexism, 2002.
Discusses themes of cultural sexism in Hardy's "Far From the Madding Crowd" and in Wells' "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood".
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 71.95
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"Far From the Madding Crowd" and "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" describe local cultures, in reaction to independent and forceful women characters.
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