Generally, I like to create informative blog posts with all kinds of statistics and facts in them, but let this be something different. Perhaps something surreal. Mainly, I would like to point out the notion that sexism is "something adopted by women" and that woman, as a group, "adopt these stereotypes." Considering that this may be true, women like me were only taught by society to adopt these principles into our daily life. So...who else is there really to blame? And how can we change this? I mean, in total, you can only blame our society, our culture, and our ancestors, all of which are pretty much useless. But, in order to erase some of this blame, I believe that it is important to empower women starting from the home in the beginning of their early childhood. It is important that parents begin to assign "masculine" chores to women, and teach men that they do not have to entirely "cover up" their feelings. There are so many predominant stereotype instigated into our minds that it's not even funny. It's time to take control of the situation and begin to tackle the problem head-on. After all, I do not believe that sexism can totally be eradicated, but it can be diminished in some ways (hopefully to a very bare minimum).
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AuthorHi, my name is Lauren (pseudonym) and I am currently a high school student in Houston. Just recently, my eyes were opened to the gore and outrage which sexism causes within our women. Already as a teenager, I am being harassed by young men, am incessantly told that my goal in life is to "have children and raise them well," among many other constraints. As a result, I have decided to create this blog and hopefully continue opening the eyes of both mine and many others towards the sexism within society. Archives
June 2016
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