Blogger Kanazawa also feels if you’re a black African woman you’re less attractive than a woman of another race. Kanazawa accepts that men who are black African are more attractive than other men from other cultures. He is contrasting the black and non black races. Kanazawa wants his readers to believe the resentment that is between this race and other races, is because of everyday comparisons. Ethics are principles reflecting the values of a society, Kanazawa has manipulated Black woman, as well the black culture.
For example, there are many cases in the first several stories of Arabian Nights when women are disloyal and evil, but there are also stories about the wrong of men. This is because Shahrazad wanted to balance human wrong and she attempts to expose the wrongs of both sexes equally. According to feminism, the women's and men's rights are equal. So, she tried to explain that women can also make mistakes as men and it is not right that they take into account only women's mistakes (Smith, 1).
She focuses of the improvements to language equality, for example the introduction of the term ‘Ms’ for a woman who does not wish her marital status to pre-determine her as men have with ‘Mr’, and the changes to gender neutral profession names such as ‘firefighter’ instead of ‘fireman.’ However the English language is still subconsciously sexist. Sarah Mills, author of Language and Sexism, brings to attention the lexical gaps between male and female terms, for example there a large lexical gap for insulting male terms, whereas there are many for females. If a woman is promiscuous she can be negatively referred to as a slut, whore, skank, slag, hoe, tart, sket or harlot. However, there are not nearly as many insulting terms for a promiscuous man, and those that there are seem playful and even positive, such as man whore, pimp, player. Lexical asymmetry can also be related to this problem, for example the connotations for an unmarried man, a bachelor, are usually positive, associated with a man living a carefree and independent life, however the connotations for an unmarried woman, a spinster, are usually negative, implying that the woman has been unable to find a partner.
The beauty standards of white Western culture, the sexual abuse of Pecola by her father, and Pecola’s low economic status have multiplicative effects on Pecola and all aid in her progressive alienation from society as well as her fall towards insanity. Deborah King states that “the experience of black women is assumed to be synonymous with that of either black males or white females” (King 45). It is mistakenly granted that either there is no difference in being black and female than being generically black or generically female. The intensity of the physical and psychological impact of racism is very different from that of sexism. For example, the group experience of slavery and lynching for blacks, and genocide for Native Americans is not comparable to the physical abuse, social discrimination, and cultural denigration suffered by women.
Gender Differences In Aggression Previous research concerning peer aggression has been conducted under the assumption that women rarely display aggression; therefore, aggressive behavior has historically been viewed as a male phenomenon (Björkqvist, 1994). Recently, many researchers have challenged the gender bias in the existence of aggressive behaviors and have broadened the definition of aggression. Björkqvist's research suggests sex differences exist in the quality of the aggression, but not the quantity. According to Paquette and Underwood (1999), an adolescent's expression of anger and contempt for peers can sometimes be expressed through physical aggression, manipulation, exclusion, and/or gossip. This broader definition allows for a more complete understanding of the social or relational aggression, which is typically associated with females.
Several factors that can be considered as the reasons why this stereotype emerges and stays in today’s society such as lame jokes and nature of competitiveness among human being, but, arguably the major reason is gender inequality in society’s hierarchy where men think they are superior and should dominate everything. According to Michael L. Berger, who wrote a paper entitled “Women Drivers! : The Emergence of Folklore and Stereotypic Opinions Concerning Feminine Automotive Behavior”, the history of this sexist expression begins with serious social reasons. Mr. Berger wrote: “For although often presented in a humorous context, folklore concerning women drivers, and the accompanying negative stereotype emerged for very serious social reasons. They were attempts to both keep women in their place and to protect them against corrupting influences in society, and within themselves.” Women are always portrayed as inferior to men.
Racism arises out of the belief that one race is superior to another. Sexism is stereotyping which is based on sex. Sexism is most commonly a prejudice shown towards women, however it can be a prejudice against men. It is usually based on the belief that women are inferior to men. Classism is regarded stereotyping or prejudice shown towards people of a certain social class.
In general, the definition of stereotype is as follows: a stereotype is thought to be an adopted or preconceived idea about a person or specific group of people. This belief may not be an accurate representation of life in reality or the behaviour of those certain people. Stereotyping is a fixed or over exaggerated idea of a class of people- a conception or opinion of image. (Google: Wikipedia: definitions of stereotyping). ‘Sexism’ is known as the discrimination of woman because of their sex (female) and ideas that they are not capable of as many things as men as well as ‘Classism’ is the discrimination of class that have similar characteristics and economic status (Google: Wikipedia: definitions of sexism and classism)- meshed together with ‘racism’ which is discrimination against race.
Men and women have different perceptions of sexual harassment. What may be a lighthearted joke to many men may be offensive to many women. In fact, the courts have said that professional and unprofessional women are more adversely affected by sexual harassment than men, and it happens in the public and private sectors. Define sexual harassment as the term is used legally. Sexual harassment is a form if sex discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Second, masculinity has been such a daring transformation which affects all males from the time they are young. It has caused young and adult males to be more less superior and also show lack of confidence. Kimmel also suggests that feminists have bought a change in men where "feminism" might be applied in ways that actually help boys. Given that the unfairness and misinformation has created back lashes between males and females has clearly argued by Kimmel which he emphasizes how the "traditional masculinity" has affected how a boy portrays himself in society. Violence is a major influence in men's masculinity because it causes the men to think into a different state of mind.