USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Sexism is the prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination based on one’s sex or gender. Sexism can affect anyone, but throughout history it primarily affected women and girls. It has been linked to gender roles and stereotypes, and may include the belief that one sex or gender is intrinsically superior to another.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sexism can be a belief that one sex is superior to or more valuable than another sex. It imposes limits on what men and boys can and should do and what women and girls can and should do.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sexism is linked to beliefs around the fundamental nature of women and men and the roles they should play in society. Sexist assumptions about women and men, which manifest themselves as gender stereotypes, can rank one gender as superior to another.

Detailed explanation-4: -Examples of internalised misogyny: You judge women’s sexual behaviour differently from men’s sexual behaviour. You’re disgusted at seeing women’s body hair. You believe women are too emotional to be good leaders, are not good at science/sports or a woman’s main purpose is to be a mother.

Detailed explanation-5: -Abstract. Sexism is gender-based prejudice or discrimination. As with other forms of prejudice and discrimination, it functions to maintain status and power differences between groups in society.