Dangers Of Sexism
The Dangers of Sexism
The world has grown into a much better place. In the United States and other progressive nation, the Civil Rights Movements worked to eliminate racism; however, sexism is still a big concern to the society. Although many people have fought for the equal rights of women and men, sexism still exists in this modern world. In addition, sexism becomes a dangerous thing in society. Sexism does not only slow the growing of the economy, it increases the rate of crime, and also gender-based violence.
Sexism eliminates the growth of the economy in a country. In today world, there are 75 million children who do not go to primary school, and more than half of them are girls. In a poor community, girls are more likely to be pulled …show more content…
Gender-based violence happens everywhere and it’s getting more serious. Globally, one out of three women will be beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime, with rates of abuse reaching 70% in some countries (“Gender-based Violence”). In Vietnamese newspapers, there is always a story about a woman who gets beaten by her husband or a girl who has been raped. It happens too often that people starts to think it’s normal for a husband to beat his wife, but it’s not that simple. There’s a woman who is from the countryside, and she comes to the city to find job. She’s beautiful and attractive. One day, she meets a very charming man who is rich. She got into a relationship with him and they get married really fast. However, the marriage is not what she thought it would be. That man is so rich that he developed a weird hobby; he liked to maltreat his wife, even when she was pregnant. Then of course she lost the baby and since she was bleeding too much, she died (“Tan Nat Doi Hoa”). Unfortunately, death may seem a blessing a much easier way for women who experience violence! Some of them need to used drugs and alcohol and become addicted in order to get over those experiences. It was proven that women who are abused by their partners are less likely to earn a living and less able to care for their children. Many governments across the globe continue to turn a blind eye to this violence. Today, 603 million women live in countries where domestic violence is not outlawed and more than 2.6 billion live in countries where rape within marriage is not considered a crime. In South Africa, a woman is killed every 6 hours by intimate partner (“Gender-based
The world has grown into a much better place. In the United States and other progressive nation, the Civil Rights Movements worked to eliminate racism; however, sexism is still a big concern to the society. Although many people have fought for the equal rights of women and men, sexism still exists in this modern world. In addition, sexism becomes a dangerous thing in society. Sexism does not only slow the growing of the economy, it increases the rate of crime, and also gender-based violence.
Sexism eliminates the growth of the economy in a country. In today world, there are 75 million children who do not go to primary school, and more than half of them are girls. In a poor community, girls are more likely to be pulled …show more content…
Gender-based violence happens everywhere and it’s getting more serious. Globally, one out of three women will be beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime, with rates of abuse reaching 70% in some countries (“Gender-based Violence”). In Vietnamese newspapers, there is always a story about a woman who gets beaten by her husband or a girl who has been raped. It happens too often that people starts to think it’s normal for a husband to beat his wife, but it’s not that simple. There’s a woman who is from the countryside, and she comes to the city to find job. She’s beautiful and attractive. One day, she meets a very charming man who is rich. She got into a relationship with him and they get married really fast. However, the marriage is not what she thought it would be. That man is so rich that he developed a weird hobby; he liked to maltreat his wife, even when she was pregnant. Then of course she lost the baby and since she was bleeding too much, she died (“Tan Nat Doi Hoa”). Unfortunately, death may seem a blessing a much easier way for women who experience violence! Some of them need to used drugs and alcohol and become addicted in order to get over those experiences. It was proven that women who are abused by their partners are less likely to earn a living and less able to care for their children. Many governments across the globe continue to turn a blind eye to this violence. Today, 603 million women live in countries where domestic violence is not outlawed and more than 2.6 billion live in countries where rape within marriage is not considered a crime. In South Africa, a woman is killed every 6 hours by intimate partner (“Gender-based