one person thinks about another person or group. For example Racism or Anti-Semitism believing that race‚ skin colour or culture makes certain people inferior for instance the belief that white people are superior or better than black people. Or lookism the belief that appearance and looks determine status for example unattractive people are inferior to attractive
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society‚ causing an abundance of undesirable consequences. Many argue that The Constitution has already outlawed every discrimination type known to be practiced throughout history‚ such as sex‚ race‚ religion‚ ethnicity‚ or national origin; however‚ "lookism‚" or judging someone based on their appearance‚ still actively exists today and is often overlooked at as a notable cause to any harm. Deborah Rhode‚ author of‚ "Why Looks Are the Last Bastion of Discrimination‚" recounts numerous examples of this
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The importance of attitude and appearance in the service encounter in retail and hospitality – HRM Essential Reading Notes What Is This Paper About? – About the survey undertaken The survey reported in this paper examines the nature and importance of the range of skills required by employers in the retail and hospitality industries Much research has focused on attempts by organisations to inculcate the right kind of attitude in their front-line employees. This paper points to the increasing
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Oppression is defined as “unjust or cruel exercise of authority or power”. Oppression has been classified into 12 types these being: sexism‚ heterosexism‚ cisgenderism‚ classism‚ racism‚ colorism‚ ableism‚ lookism‚ sizeism‚ ageism‚ nativism‚ colonialism. Yet the type of oppression which is seen in “The Story of an Hour” and “The Yellow Wallpaper” is sexism. Sexism is defined as a discrimination based on a person’s gender. In sexism people from one gender look
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Appearance discrimination in employment: Legal and ethical implications of “lookism” and “lookphobia” [pic] http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=2040-7149&volume=32&issue=1&articleid=17077304&show=html Downloads: The fulltext of this document has been downloaded 1519 times since 2013 DOI (Permanent URL): 10.1108/02610151311305632 [pic] Abstract [pic] View PDF (200kb) [pic] Print View References • References (67) Citations • CrossRef (1) Further reading
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From Girl to Woman: Gender Roles and Socialization in Adolescence Reviving Ophelia: A Brief Overview Adolescence is one of the most difficult times for development. This difficulty is experienced very differently for boys and girls. This paper will examine how gender role socialization effects girls more specifically‚ the emergence of eating disorders and depression in adolescent girls. Mary Pipher‚ Ph.D. in her book "Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls"‚ discusses extensively
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Webster ’s New Collegiate Dictionary. Toronto‚ ON: Thomas Allen & Son Limited. National Eating Disorders Information Centre. (2000‚ April). Health and Welfare Canada. Personal communication‚ via e-mail (nedic@uhn.on.ca). Nichols‚ P. (1996). Lessons on lookism. Reclaiming Children and Youth‚ 5 (2)‚ 118-122. O ’Brien‚ S. (1989). How can I help my preadolescent? Childhood Education‚ Vol 66 (1)‚ 35-36. Orenstein‚ P. (1994). Schoolgirls: Young women‚ self-esteem‚ and the confidence gap. New York: Doubleday
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* Equal opportunity. Equal opportunity is a stipulation that all people should be treated similarly‚ unhampered by artificial barriers or prejudices or preferences‚ except when particular “distinctions can be explicitly justified.” The aim according to this often "complex and contested concept" is that important jobs should go to those “most qualified” – persons most likely to perform ably in a given task – and not go to persons for arbitrary or irrelevant reasons‚ such as circumstances of birth
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INTRODUCTION: James Finn Garner is an American writer and satirist based in Chicago. [ ] He is the author of Politically Correct Bedtime Stories‚ [ ] Politically Correct Holiday Stories‚ Apocalypse Wow‚ "Once Upon A More Enlightened Time" and May 2007 "Recut Madness". Garner graduated from the University of Michigan‚ where he won a Hopwood Award for one of his short plays. Politically Correct Bedtime Stories‚ Garner’s first book‚ have sold more than 2.5 million copies in the U.S. and has been translated
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Work‚ Employment & Society http://wes.sagepub.com Employee experience of aesthetic labour in retail and hospitality Chris Warhurst and Dennis Nickson Work Employment Society 2007; 21; 103 DOI: 10.1177/0950017007073622 The online version of this article can be found at: http://wes.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/21/1/103 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: British Sociological Association Additional services and information for Work‚ Employment & Society can
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