Sexism: Gender and Women

Since the beginning of human civilization man has looked down on women. With the average role in a woman's life is at home mom. But it was not till recently that, that role was look down on. Not all civilizations were treated women with poor conditions. In many ancient civilizations women were basically equal to men besides in Rome, women could not have political power. In Egypt women were equal to men in all ways under the law and could become pharaohs both civilizations treated women better than the world does now in the recent one hundred years. These conditions were better than the ones in the more recent years. Back then women stood home and since then it has become the norm for women to be there. Usually it would be men out working and women in the house taking care of the kids.
Sexism. What is it sexism? Sexism is the ideology that one sex is superior. Define by SOCIOLOGY A Brief Introduction by Richard T. Schaefer. Stereotypes and sexism go hand in hand because of sexism forces a stereotype and makes it seem natural “common sense” for a person. “People organize their knowledge about the world around them by sorting and simplifying received information. Therefore, they create cognitive schemes, which are certain representations of the reality displaying its most typical and fundamental elements and properties. These schemes are responsible for defining the essence of our worldview and have a significant influence on social cognition – understanding, anticipation, and situation and emotion control.” (Wolska). Stereotypes sometimes produce a false image of the actual photo. It’s customary to think patriarchy is the way to go with a family. Because growing up they’re gender roles being placed on us. As kids we’re being programed to know and believe these gender roles, by the time kids reach the ages of 3 or 4 children they start to identify the stereotypes of male and female (AdvertEnticement).
The main way these roles and stereotypes are fed to us through