Discrimination is unavoidable and takes on many forms. Discuss.
Discrimination is unavoidable and takes on many forms. Discuss.
The problem with society today and in the past is that we cannot accept that we are all different. Every day ,every hour, minute and second people are being abused through discrimination. Discrimination means, ‘the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex’ (source- Google dictionary). People who look or act differently are often the subject of segregation and their criticizers are the ones that are led by ignorance and stupidity. Inequality is unavoidable and takes on many forms such as: Religion, sex and race which are the main targets of discrimination.
Sexism is unfair treatment based on a person's sex or gender. Sexism is a popular point for segregation. Mostly because women are the ones being criticised since the early ages and till now and it is very rare for a man to be subject of discrimination. It has been said that women are far more inferior then men. The main points that men use for an excuse as to why women are inferior are; they’re weak, not strong, ‘they bleed between their legs’, are small and they have to go through childbirth. “Around me I saw women overworked and underpaid, doing men's work at half men's wages, not because their work was inferior, but because they were women.” ―Anna Howard Shaw This quote is an example that in-between the 18th and 19th century women were treated unfairly and were paid less than a man’s wage, just because they were women. Men believed back in those days that women shouldn’t get paid the same amount as they get."Scout, I'm tellin' you for the last time, shut your trap or go home—I declare to the Lord you're gettin' more like a girl every day!" With that, I had no option but to join them.(source- To Kill a Mockingbird (TKAMB)by Harper Lee) This is an example from the book ‘TKAMB’ where Jem says to Scout that she is acting like a girl because she keeps on whining that they
The problem with society today and in the past is that we cannot accept that we are all different. Every day ,every hour, minute and second people are being abused through discrimination. Discrimination means, ‘the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex’ (source- Google dictionary). People who look or act differently are often the subject of segregation and their criticizers are the ones that are led by ignorance and stupidity. Inequality is unavoidable and takes on many forms such as: Religion, sex and race which are the main targets of discrimination.
Sexism is unfair treatment based on a person's sex or gender. Sexism is a popular point for segregation. Mostly because women are the ones being criticised since the early ages and till now and it is very rare for a man to be subject of discrimination. It has been said that women are far more inferior then men. The main points that men use for an excuse as to why women are inferior are; they’re weak, not strong, ‘they bleed between their legs’, are small and they have to go through childbirth. “Around me I saw women overworked and underpaid, doing men's work at half men's wages, not because their work was inferior, but because they were women.” ―Anna Howard Shaw This quote is an example that in-between the 18th and 19th century women were treated unfairly and were paid less than a man’s wage, just because they were women. Men believed back in those days that women shouldn’t get paid the same amount as they get."Scout, I'm tellin' you for the last time, shut your trap or go home—I declare to the Lord you're gettin' more like a girl every day!" With that, I had no option but to join them.(source- To Kill a Mockingbird (TKAMB)by Harper Lee) This is an example from the book ‘TKAMB’ where Jem says to Scout that she is acting like a girl because she keeps on whining that they