Psychology of sexism: 5 macho ideas that occur today
Feminist movements have traditionally been a symptom of the social, economic and political inequalities that exist between men and women.
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Hidden sexism (5 macho ideas in the 21st century)
1. Each sex has its tasks, and these are.
It is a myth that anthropology has already refuted, while, while in all societies they distinguish between tasks for men and women, the assignment of a gender to these works is arbitrary: what in a culture is proper to man In another, women do it, and vice versa.
In our context, this conception serves to justify the idea of the salary glass ceiling , that is to say, the difficulty of the women to ascend laborly.
2. Ascription of women to the private sphere - domestic.
Traditionally, women have been defined by the sphere of the private, as opposed to the public, the latter being the terrain on which politics, associations and, ultimately, the social are developed.
The private-public distinction is, therefore, very forced, but it only exists to justify the existence of a woman's own space, in order to separate it from the decision centers . Today, women are often defined basically by their role as housewives and mothers, functions that as they arise are in the center of the nuclear family and detached from public life.
3. The naturalistic fallacy indicates the place of the woman.
Consists in the moral assignment of "good" only to elements that are replicated in nature . For example, monogamy could be considered natural if it occurs in many primate species. The same fallacy that is used to charge against homosexuality, can be used against women who decide not to have offspring, partners, etc.
However, even the options that are believed to be "natural" are not, since arguing in this way can not avoid a bias when highlighting cases in which nature acts in the way we consider "appropriate" and discard the rest in the that the opposite is true.
4. The empowered woman is one who ascribes to male roles.
This can be seen, for example, in the characterization of fictional heroines: cold people, who demonstrate their physical strength and never too talkative. The renunciation of the feminine understood as a step towards fullness implies that the values that are considered feminine today are bad.
Since the idea prevails that each sex corresponds to a certain gender, women who tend to "masculinity" will have less capacity to assert themselves than men assigned to male roles. In this case, sexism involves the appropriation of clichés to the detriment of others .
5. Women like to have judgments about their appearance.
This idea starts from the assumption that all women have in common their practically expressed need to know the opinions of third parties to shape their identity, improve their self-esteem or please others. Definitely, the need to be defined by men .
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