I KNow The reason For Sexism From Males to Females.?

Question

I am not saying that women are better than men. because they're not. They are equal. Nobody should be judged for something they didn't choose and cant control. But i am tired of men saying women shouldnt do certain things because they are women and they can because they are men. And why are men upset about women in high positions such as presidents. Just as there are weak women there are weak men. COuld it be because women by nature have greater influence thus causing intimidation in men. Dont say no because women can get into clubs at younger ages, men drool after women, men go to strip joints to admire their beauty, women give birth to men, women can get away with more things than men in general if they just wink and bite their lip. whats mens issue with women? cant you value and give them worth as you would like? like you do your mother. the world would be better without sexism. If you are sexist become homo... you shouldn't have a problem there. State your opinions.

Answer 1

Sadly we live in a world that has historically enabled men to treat women like objects. Men oggle women on the street as if those women aren't people. Fathers will let their sons go on dates but will want to "protect" their daughters virtue. Up until recently we as a society have programmed men to objectify women and programmed women to roll with it.

Now, as that begins to unravel and we make progress towards an equal society we need to educate people and struggle against this. It isn't nature, it's nurture. Men and women both need to be educated on these issues. We need to as a society enourage women and men to explore sexuality equally (instead of rewarding men for having sex and punishing women.) We need to study history that isn't just history of white men, but history that focuses on all people instead of shortchanging the accomplishments of minorities and women (for example, Helen Keller is only ever taught to be a blind, deaf, mute. Not as a socialist thinker who opposed president Wilson's racist administration.)

The fact is society is moving forward, but slowly. People get frightened. Men are raised to be unquestioningly misogynistic in many corners of the world. But we must have some trust that the other side can change. If we argue and debate on topics of racism and sexism from a standpoint of anger, then the racists and the sexist will hold there ground. If you educate from love and truly wanting the other person to see, when it comes to something like biggotry - something as irrational and programmed as sexism - then eventually you can break through to the other person and make them understand.

Many men don't know they are misogynistic because society constantly says "yes" to and encourages that kind of behaviour. And those that don't encourage that behaviour tend to jump right into scolding or insults rather than actually trying to teach that person how they are being misogynistic. Even with my upbringing in an open minded household, I had to learn. If we're to preach tolerance, we must tolerate.

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Answer 2

It seems you've made up your mind what you believe and what is the answer to your question. I am going to make my opinion short and to the point.
If you want to be treated like everyone else then you behave and think like everyone else, regrdless of your gender, color, religion,, etc... If you want to be treated and treat others from what is in your heart and mind than that is another option. If you dwell on this issue too much, the one you brought up, then you need to think about how you spend your time,, pondering about what others say and do when instead you should be thinking and doing what you know is right and be seen and respected as an individual and not as a woman. Do you think that men don't discriminate against other men because of thier sexual orientation? Of course you know the answer. You seem to be bright enough,, well rounded enough to know the answer.

Answer 3

Women get things for free that most men have to work very very hard for, which sometimes cn be quite the annoyance. but I dont think any man really mean the whole sexist thing. Its just their way at lashing out at the overly-priviledged opposite sex, just as man-bashing is a way that radical feminist use to lash out to a gender that pretty much ruled the world. Being slightly jealous of each-other, we all live in a vicious circle as a result of human nature.

Answer 4

I can't help but think that you are young (early 20s?) and very mature for your age. You keep that up young lady!! You talk a lot of good sense!

I agree with you when you say 'men and women are equal'. We can't help the gender we're born into, but we are all influenced by the enormous power of cultural climate. I think the potential of women as a unified force is barely being tapped into. Daytime t.v and women's magazines are insults to the intelligence of women. Imagine what we could do with women's natural tendency to care, nurture and feel compassion for others if we stepped out of the proverbial gutter and applied it to the well being of our planet.

In conclusion, I think the best thing we as women can do is stop caring about what men (as sexualized entities) want from us and start living up to our biological potential to make a difference and care for the people that need us on this planet.

Answer 5

Men & women are equal, but different. Some call me a sexist for thinking women shouldn't do certain things. This is not true. I believe that men can't do certain things as well. It is sort of a Ying-Yang thing. Neither is superior, and both are valueable.

Answer 6

I don't know, interesting q. My girlfriends & I haven't discussed men in this topic (sexism) before, we have discussed double standards & unfairness & how they correlate but not sexism. I don't know, I guess I would have to say men because I've seen how men react in the workplace (I work in an office) & especially if we have to stay overtime, men tend to be a little more "vocal" in their opinions about women than women at my job do, myself included.

Answer 7

Nothing specific in men, rather women are in key roles and they are able to do every thing. They give birth men and enjoy with them under certain law of nature. May it be childish play or sexism play. So, in order to strengthen our sociology and culture, men should strengthen their education, cultural aspects and remain abide within their role only.
So far as remaining FREE is cocncerned, it will lead them to be giants / ghost only reaching to an end soon.

Answer 8

These are interesting statements, considering that I come from a culture with many more than two sexes. It is fascinating to me to learn the things that people attribute to humans who have been sepparated into only two categories and then whom broad generalizations are created about.

Here are my opinions:

There are many reasons for sexism from males to females. One of these reasons is how society (meaning each member of a gendered society) has chosen to give permission to oppressive gender concepts that have become culturally normative (or gendered ideas about people that has been passed down from generation to generation)

I also believe that there is sexism from females to males.

I believe that in a binary system that cators to an idea of the existence of only males and female sexes, and only two corresponding genders, man and woman-gender, that these two dynamics are dependent upon one another to create and reinforce the boundaries through stereotypes and broad generalizations. I don't believe that oppression could exist for either of these two genders if it were not part of a system that both genders reinforced. What is the meaning of man without the meaning of woman and vice versa?

So long as a system constructs itself to consist of only two genders that are polar, then of course to be one would mean to not be the other, or on some occaisions one could exist between, encompassing a duality that still does not undermine this system of oppressive gender expectations but enforces it even yet.

I believe that without gender, there couldn't be genderism, aka sexism (as in binary cultures, sex and gender are conflated as one and the same)
Amiko-Gabriel

Answer 9

I'm guessing you are young. Women don't flirt & play games because they can. It's survival. It levels the playing field. Men don't admire strippers' beauty; they want to get laid. Most men think with their little head. I was in a man's job for 20 years & had to work twice as hard to get half the respect. The world would be a better place without sexism. It would also be a better place without religion, but that's a whole different subject.

Answer 10

If you concentrate on yourself, develop your strengths and learn to cope, what anyone else's opinion is will be just that...their opinion. As you mature, you will appreciate the differences in the way men and women co-exist. It ain't all good, but it ain't all bad.