Sexism Exists Today
By: Lynda Flanery
What is sexism?
Sexism is prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, typically against women, on the basis of sex. “women are murdered, beaten and raped in countries we deem to be ‘less developed’ than our own” and we are quick to judge despite the violence in the U.S. and U.K.
Gender Pay Gap
Women get paid 77 cents on the dollar for every dollar a man makes, according to a recent study from the Insitute for Women's Policy Research. That's a difference of more than $10,000 per year on average. Women are also more likely to end up doing a low-paying work. 60% of minimum wage workers are women.
Stereotypes
Women face a variety of unconscious stereotypes in the workplace that hold them back, like: they can't do certian jobs that are considered "men's work"
Feminism
The goal of feminism is to challenge the systemic inequalities women face on a daily basis.
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