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Gender Roles: The Discrimination Against Men - Essay

Gender Roles: The Discrimination Against Men

The world today must deal with many problems. Our society has been
struggling to cope with difficulties ranging from environmental problems to
economic problems. Solutions to these problems, however, are not too hard
to find. There is one problem, however, that our society has been dealing
with for a very long time. The problem is sexual discrimination. When
thinking of discrimination, one tends to think mostly of sexism directed
against women.. Sexism against women has become a noticeable part of our
society and it is slowly on it's way to a solution. That is only part of
the problem. Discrimination against men is a problem that rarely goes
noticed. As William Farrell states, "With all ...

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responsibility to succeed in the
workplace, to prove their worth by making money; and men's confusion over
what it means to be a man today.
There are many stereotypes about men and women that are heard every
day. The most common, however, is how men are considered jerks. That is one
of the most popular ideas in our society today. Women have come to accept
this idea as an excuse or answer to their problems with the opposite sex.
How do they get this idea? It is unknowingly slipped into women's
subconscious by a variety of forces. One of the strongest forces, however,
is the media. "The complaints about men, the idea that "men are jerks" have
become so integrated into our unconscious that even advertisers have caught
on." (Farrell 249) Advertisers have used this very common and influential
fact to make money. They negatively portray men in their products in order
to attract women consumers. Examples of making men look like the "bad guys"
are prominent in greeting cards. An ...

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Added: 4/29/2004 07:24:11 AM
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