Sexism And Masculinity In Nellie's One World Two

The reading through this term had mention many types of discrimination and the ones that stood out the most to be was “Nellie” the short story from “One World Two” which showed us how sexism and masculinity plays a part in many people lives and how it affects them. Sexism by definition is discrimination by members of one sex against the other, especially by men against women, but we cannot overlook that in this day and age we have same sex relations and in those relations abuse sometimes happen. Sexism is founded on the theory that one sex is superior. It looks at women as inferior intellectually, psychologically and physically to men. In “Nellie” the doctor thought he was different from his other friends that beat their wives because he thought
The doctor was the type of man that felt that women should kept in check. Basically, there are plenty of other reasons men abuse their wives, but this is the most widespread reason among them. In addition, sexist men are influenced by many things that happen in society, one very simple foundation is that of the father. The father can often, unconsciously and sometimes intentionally plant the seed of sexism in a receptive young mind. The media, also plays a very large part in sexism because they show women at home cooking, cleaning, and taking care of children. As well some sexist belief is sometimes good for women. Since, most sexist men believe that women shouldn't work or pay for things. This belief would be perfect for a woman with low self- esteem, because she could stay at home and just have to do
Even now many do not have an exact way to describe what masculinity is, and are we able to assign a explanation to such a one-sided term. Basically, everyone has their own ideas on what makes as person masculine? Masculine traits are not men not crying when they get hurt to being rough when they are playing. The process of what it means to be a man begins with the first stages of infancy. When young men were asked what it meant to be male, most replied that you had to be strong, athletic and a stud. If you did not have those characteristics, you were be called soft and gay. When I was growing up I use to cry all the time and my dad always use to tell me boys don’t cry and my mom would say leave him alone because it’s good to show emotions. Now when I am older I rarely cry, but if I have to I would, so basically I think it fine for a man to cry unlike what our society