Saturday, March 14, 2009

Sexual discrimination still alive and well

Sexual Discrimination is a strong subject in today’s society. Women are harassed, made fun of, and looked down at constantly in many situations. What’s even worse is that after the women’s rights movement, it still has not stopped. It happens everywhere, in the work place, in homes, and at shopping areas. People, and not just men, but other women as well, just for some reason have a problem with sexually discriminating whenever they get the chance.

http://www.equalrights.org/publications/kyr/sexdiscrim.asp


John Cook:

All throughout history, discrimination against many parties has occurred. Women, I would say have been discriminated the most. They have been used, manipulated, and treated negatively. If you really look at it, women are considered lower than men. That is not entirely true. But it is still true in a huge way. It is proven that women will not make as much as a man when they have the same education and work in the same profession. Regardless of those who pledge to affirmative action, it only takes them so far. In full view of the subject of affirmative action, women, especially women of another race, are more likely to get a job than a man. Notice the phrase “more likely”. This statement could be said by any politician in America, taking into account that they use this sentence to account for EVERY JOB IN AMERICA. No it is not true, there are some professions that women are at the bottom of the list when it comes to picking employees. Not only in the topic of jobs but everywhere!!! Women are looked down upon by men in every situation. Just because someone does not have a penis, does not mean that they are completely void of a brain or knowledge of what is going on in the world.


Pablo Zuniga:

What it is - any act that causes someone else to feel intimidated or uncomfortable. It's controversial because that can mean that anything you say can be taken the wrong way by others. That can be jokes, posters in your work area, looks, anything. It's important because in the past employers could use sex as a way to promote or fire employees. Most companies now have training to cover it and they have HR departments that deal with complaints, so if someone says you did something there is always an investigation because they have to cover their butts so they don't get sued.


Samuel Louis:

I feel that sexual dicrimination is still alive, not alive as how it used to be back in day.


Amanda Bridges:

Sexual discrimination has been a problem dated back long ago when my great grandparents were children. Women did not have rights to hardly anything, such as, voting and having jobs. These days obviously women have jobs but they are limited according to some people. Like some people think it's unusual for women to know how to work on a car. Some men talk to women like they're stupid; like they have no idea what they're talking about. Now a days, a lot of women are very are very confident in things like, fixing stuff around the house and so on.

21 comments:

  1. Sexual discrimination obviously is still an issue today. I personally have not had many experiences on sexual discrimination,but I know that women still don't have as many rights as they should. This isn't as much of a problem as it was back in the day, but the issue still lives and lingers in almost everyone's life. Some people even have problems in their jobs today, such as women not getting paid as much as men or boss's only hiring women because of looks and what not. Hopefully one day this will not be a problem for anyone.
    -Allison Kahler

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  3. Yes, sexual discrimination is alive in today's world. It will be so until men and women both stop feeding it so it can just kill over.

    Castor B.

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  4. Everyone has had an encounter with sexual discrimination. Men and women alike. Has anyone seen Meet the Fockers? Gaylord Focker-discrimination for being a male nurse? I do however, feel that women get a raw deal. I had a boyfriend who was a mechanic and I worked at a Doctor's office as a medical assistant. Almost on a regular basis he would tell me, in essence, that he worked harder than I did because he worked physical labor, and I worked in a nice air-conditioned office. Completely unfair. Two different ends of the spectrum, but did that mean that I wasn't capable of working as hard as he did because I was a woman? I held a "woman's" job, while he, the male, worked in a masculine environment. Later down the road he admitted to being intimidated by how educated I was. So discrimination? I think so....

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  5. Ashley, what an interesting point! Manual labor is often considered "harder" work, but why? It's much more dangerous, perhaps, but what of the work where one has to err on the side of caution, if anything, for another person's safety or well-being (such as your job as a med. assistant or poor Gaylord's job as a nurse)? How do we measure or compare differing workloads? How do we realistically decide what is much more "difficult" than another?

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  6. Brittney Jarrell Comp2 MWF 9am: I haven't really seen that many problems with discrimination of women now a days. I can understand some men in families take authority over their household but not as much the workforce and shopping places. I believe women have stepped up and are just as capable as anyone else. And if someone does pick on you in that manner, tell them you have rights!

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  7. summer goode mwf 9a

    Sexual discrimination is still found however there are many more ways to cover it up now. It is not just "we dont think you can handle this postition" it is now.... "you are not qualified, over qualified, postion filled...ect" if someone does not get a job they applied for most of the time it is not for the reason given. Women are stronger now and not afraid to stand up for what they think is right... Alot of places are scared of being sued so they watch what they say.

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  8. I feel sexualy discriminated everyday at my job, not because of pay issues ect, but because of how other men look at me and treat me. Male patrons constantly look at me like I am something to eat, or ask me something in simplist terms, almost as if I can't comphrehend the question because I am a woman.

    Women have worked hard and made their place in our country, but sexual discrimination is still alive today. When a male treats me a certain way in my workplace, I have nothing to say. I have rights as a woman, but they only extend so far. I can't say, "You can't look at me like that, I have rights!" I would be laughed at.

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  9. I've heard a lot that women are more emotional so they are not as good at making decisions. This untrue belief might effect whether employers hire men or women. Other things such as needing to take more days off because of children might also persuade employers. In our era though, men are just as likely as women to need extra days off for children or daycare benefits. --Lisa Langanke

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  10. I personally have not had many encounters with sexual discrimination, so I couldn't really say that it is still 'alive' as it is a living organism of some sort.

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  11. I have had a personal experience with sexual discrimination. Women get about 70 cents to every dollar that a man makes. At my work place I make less than one of my male co-workers. We are both managers, but I get paid less. I have worked at the store for nearly two years and he has only been there for less than one. My boss is a woman as well. I wonder if she believes that I am capable of less because I am a woman and I can't do as much "labor" as him. (i.e. lifting 20 pounds of soda onto a high shelf, carrying and putting away heavy boxes, ect...)

    -Danielle L.

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  12. I agree that sexual discrimination is still present today, but it's not anywhere near being as great of an issue as it used to be. Women have triumphed over the many obsticles thrown in their path over the years and have more than proved that they are equal and sometimes even stronger than men. Woman have proved to be strong and successful in the mans world by being soldiers, business CEO's and such, mothers, wifes, and hard working women. There is no obsticle that can stop a woman. If someone doesn't like it then they can complain about it to someone who cares.

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  14. I believe that sexual discrimination is still a problem today, but not nearly as bad as it used to be. Women are now allowed to vote, and speak for themselves, but I also think they don't get the respect they deserve sometimes.


    Mike Brown

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  15. Sexual discrimination is, and always will be an issue. So will racial discrimination, class discrimination, age discrimination, and any other discrimination you can think of. We all have abilities and limitations based on our peer group. Some feel insecure about their own limitations and feel the need to point out the limitations of others. JPitek

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  16. There will be always be some type of discrimination towards someone at all times, we were born that way and it is naturally in us to do so. Women have been put through hell though and are still feeling some effects of discrimination today. It is not nearly as rough as it used to be but they still get harrased about something but now if they are sexually harrased in the work place their fellow employer is investigated and usually fired.
    -Chris K

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  17. This is what was missing from my input. Sexual discrination is still alive and isn't going to go away 100%. In a family, some women stay home and the father goes out to work. Even though women have more rights from the past but u can still see sexual discrimination in society. For example, we haven’t had a woman as a president. In the rap game, some women rapping aren’t given equal value as the men.

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  18. I really dont notice too much sexual discrimination in todays society. The only thing relatively close that I have noticed is one sex is more inclined to do a favor for the opposite sex rather than someone of their same sex. Such as if a guy cashier is working at a fastfood place, a female customer has more of a chance of getting a free drink rather than a male customer would.
    _Michael Kahler

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  20. I don't see much in the way of sexual discrimination these days. Then again, my own particular field is dominated by women.

    I do have a story though -- I've a good friend who worked for a legal claims office that is notorious for keeping women as office aides/secretaries with no room for potential promotion. A month or so after my friend had been hired, her boss actually told her that he'd hired her because he thought she was pretty, not because of her work experience or degree.

    Obviously, my friend doesn't work there anymore.

    Harrassment continues to be a problem, but I think our current popular culture encourages it by allowing mixed messages to be advertised to us. We're expected to be adults who are capable of civility. However, as shown on current films and television, men are applauded for being boorish louts, and women are trendy if they're catfighting tarts.

    Also, if you'll excuse me for stating the obvious here, there seems to be a serious lack of morality and manners being taught at home.

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  21. This is Brittani Earp from Ms. Jennings Comp2 MWF 9:00 class. I totally agree that sexual discrimination is still here. There are many people that look down on women all the time, just as America and the news media did in the 2008 election, by bashing Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton. It is so much easier for a man to get a job then a woman. Just because we're women people think that they can run all over us and talk to us and treat us however they would like. I don't know how many times I've been at work and male customers have just starred me down like I'm a juicy hamburger or something. Men need to grow up and treat women with respect and stop treating them differently because they are women.

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