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Through this continuous reminder, they eventually learn to internalize society's definition .
of them as inferior and their inferiority becomes customary to them. This occurs to such .
an extent, that often times this inferiority and sense of it reaches home. Essentially, .
sexism is attitudes, forms of conduct, and customs that are based on the supposition of .
male dominance and superiority. .
Fortunately, the commitment to working for freedom for women in all facets of social .
life is in place. This is what we call feminism. Feminism is a social movement whose .
goal is to do away with the subjugation of women in every way. For feminism to .
accomplish it's goal, major social, economic, political and cultural changes in our society .
must be made. At times, these changes are so essential yet so numerous that the mission .
appears to be just too overpowering. .
Women live in a world where we paid less than our male counterparts on every level. .
A federal law, the Equal Pay Act, requires employers to pay all employees equally for .
equal work, regardless of their gender. While the Act technically protects both women .
and men from gender discrimination in pay rates, it was mainly passed to help resolve the .
problems faced by women workers because of sex discrimination in employment. And .
although it was passed in 1963 as an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act, we still .
see much inequality in regards to this.
Through men, sexism is actually a problem of masculinity. It is a problem which is .
deeply routed in cultural ideals of manhood and forever opposed to the feminine. Many .
times, men feel that they are required to prove their masculinity mostly all the time from .
early childhood til every day after that. They are forced to endure situations of stress .
and distress that demonstrate their strength and unflappable endurance. This need to .
show their masculinity is a factor of sexism in the workplace, at school, and even at .
