Patriarchy & Sexism
Modern Sexism
1. The belief that sexism is no longer a problem in today's world 2. That programs designed to help women are not necessary 3. That women who complain about sexism are just causing trouble
Matriarchy
a society in which female members have more social and political power than male members
Patriarchy
a society in which male members have more social and political power than female members.
Glass Escalator
a trend in which men seem to easily rise higher and higher in a company, as if on an escalator, while women stay at the bottom.
Glass Ceiling
a trend in which women can rise to a certain level of promotion in a company but are blocked from reaching the highest levels of management or supervision
Old-Fashioned Sexism
explicit and overt beliefs that men are superior to women in a variety of skills and tasks
Institutional Sexism
societal perpetuation of different opportunities or advantages for one sex over the other
Ambivalent Sexism
the belief that some women are good and pure, while other women are bad and deserve bad treatment
Hostile Sexism
the belief that women are whiny, sexual teases who enjoy controlling men
Benevolent Sexism
the belief that women have qualities of purity and morality that men lack and should be treated like princesses
Second Shift
the fact that both a man and woman go to their first job, or first shift, at the beginning of the day, but women are expected to complete more housework than men when they return home after work
Sexism
the general belief that one sex is superior to the other