sexism

Conflict Corner: Sexism: How is it affecting our youth?

by Wingspan Seminars on Mar 9, 2010

My last South Florida Times column, “Sexism, What part is it playing in our lives?” focused on the traditional roles of men and women, about which there is much confusion.  Jones confirmed that young women are caught between images of women in the past who were denied opportunities, and those of today, who are seated in the boardrooms of corporate America. We agreed that the sexist language that dehumanizes women must be eliminated. Young boys are confronting equally perplexing behavioral models. Person, who is also director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Miami’s school to work program, pointed out that – as women are increasingly becoming the sole role models in the home – boys are exposed to anger, ambivalence or disdain toward men. A woman may be implying that a man is not needed, that a woman can do fine by herself.  A male child may imagine that he is not needed, that he represents the negatives about which the female is...Read More >>