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Why is sexism still present in America?

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History of sexism

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Sexism problems now

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Movements then/now

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (1965)

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what came

7dzsjjgvcw — 2024-11-18 00:20:00 UTC

"Women gained access to jobs in every corner of the U.S. economy, and employers with long histories of discrimination were required to provide timetables for increasing the number of women in their workforces. Divorce laws were liberalized; employers were barred from firing pregnant women; and women’s studies programs were created in colleges and universities. Record numbers of women ran for—and started winning—political office."

How I will include this in my essay

7dzsjjgvcw — 2024-11-18 00:21:27 UTC

With this information I will show how throughout American history people have taken a stand to equalize things between men and women.

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In 1972 Congress passed Title IX of the Higher Education Act

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Outcomes

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"This prohibited discrimination on the basis of sex in any educational program receiving federal funds and thereby forced all-male schools to open their doors to women and athletic programs to sponsor and finance female sports teams."

In 1973, in its controversial ruling on Roe v. Wade, the United States Supreme Court legalized abortion.

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How I will include this in my essay

7dzsjjgvcw — 2024-11-18 00:37:39 UTC

I would like to first show how sexism came to be, not just in American society, but in the world. From all way back to the Stone Age-now.

Chimpanzees

7dzsjjgvcw — 2024-11-18 00:39:48 UTC

"These mammals are not a proxy for our ancestors – they have been evolving since our two family trees split between 7 and 10 million years ago – but their social structures can tell us something about the conditions that male dominance thrives in."

Origins of Chimp Sexism

7dzsjjgvcw — 2024-11-18 00:41:59 UTC

"Common chimpanzee groups are manifestly patriarchal. Males are vicious towards females, they take their food, forcibly copulate with females that are ovulating and even kill them merely for spending time away from the group."

Hunter and gathering age

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"If they reflect what prehistoric hunter-gatherers did, women in those early societies would have had the choice of support from the group they grew up with, or the option to move away from oppression."

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7dzsjjgvcw — 2024-11-18 00:44:37 UTC

"They acquired resources to defend, and power shifted to the physically stronger males. Fathers, sons, uncles and grandfathers began living near each other, property was passed down the male line, and female autonomy was eroded. As a result, the argument goes, patriarchy emerged."

"Ultimately, real change will only come when societies embody the values espoused by the laws, argues Lise Eliot, a neuroscientist at the Rosalind Franklin University in Chicago: “The laws are the first step, the internalised values come later.”

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How I will include this in my essay

7dzsjjgvcw — 2024-11-18 00:49:02 UTC

This will be my last point made, showing that women today still have to fight for their rights and how we can fix this.

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"Being able to make our own decisions about our health, body and sexual life is a basic human right."

7dzsjjgvcw — 2024-11-18 00:51:44 UTC

In Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022), the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade (1973), which guaranteed a constitutional right to abortion.

Direct quote from article

7dzsjjgvcw — 2024-11-18 00:53:40 UTC

"That these restrictions still exist tells us that there is much to do. A backlash against sexual and reproductive rights is brewing – driven by well-funded and organized interest groups. At the highest levels, some governments are trying to roll back these rights, questioning the ideas of “reproductive rights” and “gender equality”, or branding the principle of “human rights for all” as Western. What’s clear is that our rights to express our sexuality and make decisions over our own bodies are being challenged."

"They have to remember that we’re human beings. "

7dzsjjgvcw — 2024-11-18 00:54:21 UTC

Anonymous on how politicians and lawmakers treat women who need an abortion