Sexism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7076674 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amy Lind (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Publication date | 2007-02-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeoss084 |
| OpenAlex | W4241059168 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
Sexism is discrimination on the basis of sex and/or gender. It occurs at various levels, from the individual to the institutional, and involves practices that promote gender‐based prejudice and stereotyping of social roles. Most commonly, sexism refers to inequalities that exist among men and women, particularly where women are treated as unequal or inferior to men. Like other forms of discrimination, sexism can occur through blatant or covert actions, including outright displays of hatred or disdain for an individual or group; the privileging of one gender over another; or tokenism, where, for example, a woman is hired only because she is a woman, rather than because of her skills and experience. How sexism plays out varies according to the social location of the individual or group involved, particularly in regard to racial, ethnic, class, sexual, and/or religious background
Covert · Ethnic group · Hatred · Political science · Politics · Prejudice (legal term · Racism · Social category · Sociology · Tokenism · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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