Gender concepts refer to cultural differences between men and women. Although it is not a new thing that these differences cause the development of negative attitudes towards the female gender in a male-dominated society, reflecting them as discrimination in the society under the name of genderism, and leading to women being held in a lower position than men in social, cultural, political and economic fields, it is not a new thing. discussions are still ongoing. These differences can change from society to society and are shaped by the developing world.
Gender inequality is a problem that has always been tackled. Even though the inequalities between the sexes are not always visible, unfortunately, inequality continues implicitly and manipulatively in many issues, with the voice of the ideas advocating equality being louder today. There are multiple ways of thinking and research on this.
One of them is "Participating Sexism" developed by Glick and Fiske. We can say that this theory is like a coin with two sides. When women behave in accordance with traditional and expected roles, with more helpful and protective attitudes; when they behave outside of traditional expectations, they are exposed to hostile sexism. The image that summarizes the situations I mentioned:
In general, protective sexism; He says that women are delicate, in need of protection, have moral sensitivity at a level that men cannot have, and have supreme powers (!) that can meet men's emotional needs. This point of view is highly manipulative but is portrayed as having a positive meaning. Unfortunately, it is highly likely that you will be called a toxic individual when you oppose these ways of thinking, which women have also adopted quite a lot. detected. Hostile sexism among students by gender, among boys; a significant difference in terms of protective sexism among female students found to be. The results obtained from the research; It shows that when hostile sexism is high, women react more to hostile sexism than men, while they perceive hostile sexism as prejudice and discrimination, they approach protective sexism positively. The reason for this can be shown as the association of protective sexism with meanings such as valuing women more and seeing her exalted.
Finally, a few expressions that can be examples of protectionist sexism:
- "Don't worry, I'll take care of yourself."
- "Women should not stay out late at night alone, without a man to protect her.
- "Women are delicate and thin."
- "Men should protect and watch over women."
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- "Women have superior characteristics."
The list goes on and on from this point of view. The important thing is to be able to see the subtexts in the spoken sentences. Most of the time, even those who have this thought are waiting for appreciation without realizing that they are sexist. As I said at the beginning of the article, this situation has always been a subject of struggle and will continue to be so…
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