"I'm not sexist. Being sexist is wrong and being wrong is for women".
Sexism occurs everyday in conversations between friends, family, colleagues. Between girls and boys. Sexist behavior can happen somewhere as casual as a street or in a formal setting such as a courtroom.When we think of the word 'sexism' we often think of discrimination against women, however it can happen to anyone Prof. Sonja Starr's research on federal criminal cases suggests that "men receive 63% longer sentences on average than women do,". .
Fighting for gender rights is often frowned upon when a male is the one fighting, especially when they are our age. Teenage boys are often mocked for talking about gender equality and often have their sexuality questioned when doing so. Even though they are fighting for their own rights too, there is an idea that it is wrong to stick up for the opposite gender either. Why is it seen as weak for a male to fight for gender equality when it affects them too?
In 1970 an equal pay act was created which meant men and women got the same amount of pay for doing the same job. However even now in 2016, 46 years later this is still not the case. Campaigners say that women still earn £5,200 less per year than men. It even affects top professions like lawyers, a full time female lawyer on average earns £10,000 less than their male counterparts. The actress Jennifer Lawrence took to Facebook to express her anger when she found she earned less than her male counterparts.
