extensive research, I came upon many resources and learned many things in regards to

sexism that I had hardly any clue of before. In the following paragraphs, I will describe

how it has affected women throughout history, how it affects women at this day & age,

where it occurs, how it develops, and many related thoughts and facts.

The term sexism came to be due to the fact that the available term sex discrimination

didn’t properly explain the all-encompassing prejudice in opposition to women in our

culture. Sexism has as a result come to mean behaviors, attitudes, and institutions based

on the supposition of male dominance and superiority. Though the term "sexism" dates

from the mid-1960s and came into common use after the rise of women's liberation

movements in 1968-1969, the practice of sexism has a long history.

Several of the leading cultures in the world today were established on a patriarchal

system (rule by fathers). The religions of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and

Confucianism, which together cover much of Europe, the Americas, North Africa, the

an extent, that often times this inferiority and sense of it reaches home. Essentially,

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