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Sexism: Philosophy of Science (IDC1201) 2021

The document discusses sexism, gender stereotypes, reducing racial and ethnic prejudice, and concludes that gender justice is a human right and sexism is a belief that one gender is superior. It also discusses the need to reduce prejudice through public awareness, cross-group relationships, and challenging inconsistent beliefs.

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Sexism: Philosophy of Science (IDC1201) 2021

The document discusses sexism, gender stereotypes, reducing racial and ethnic prejudice, and concludes that gender justice is a human right and sexism is a belief that one gender is superior. It also discusses the need to reduce prejudice through public awareness, cross-group relationships, and challenging inconsistent beliefs.

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Philosophy of Science (IDC1201) 2021

. that one gender is superior compared to the other


gender. We need to reduce racial and ethnic
prejudice to develop a better community.
1. SEXISM
Sexism is a belief stating that one gender is
superior to the other gender, one gender is more
valuable than the other gender. It controls what
men and women should do. It imposes limits on
actions based on gender. Sexism is discrimination
based on one’s gender.
1.1 Gender stereotypes
According to the European Institute for Gender
Equality, gender stereotypes means “Preconceived
ideas whereby females and males are arbitrarily
assigned characteristics and roles determined and
limited by their gender”. Gender stereotypes limit
the abilities, natural talents, skills, and capabilities
that reside within boys and girls. It will also limit
the opportunities and experiences they can
have[ CITATION gen21 \l 1033 ]. Several factors
can influence gender stereotypes. The main factor
is the family and society. The environment where
the child is raised determines his attitude towards
gender stereotypes. Gender stereotypes impact how
they interact with their peers and how they develop
relationships between their peers.

2. REDUCING RACIAL AND ETHNIC


PREJUDICE
We need to produce principles and guidelines to
reduce racial and ethnic prejudice. We need to raise
public awareness regarding racial and ethnic
prejudice. Increasing more contacts with social
groups and building new relationships between
these social groups will help to minimize this
factor. We need to make aware people of the
inconsistencies in their own beliefs. By exposing
people to a more positive image of other racial
groups will minimize racial prejudice. (Suttie,
2017). To reduce this matter, we need to consider
the children. By helping kids to develop cross-
group relationships helps in this matter.
3. CONCLUSION
Gender justice is a human right. Gender equality is
known as sexual equality. Sexism is a belief stating

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