Week 9 - Attack of the "-Isms"

It is so sad seeing the way our culture is today, with all this language against other people. As far as we have come in this day and age, it isn't absent from our society. It is EVERYWHERE. Things have gotten better, I will agree with that, but it is still present wherever we may look.

Sexism: This is a very prominent issue. Women are portrayed as objects while we're "supposed" to be good-hearted, controllable women who have children and take care of our husbands. Women who fight hard for what they believe in and are hard-working women who voice their opinions are usually called bitches, while men who would do the same things are considered leaders who take charge of situations.

Racism: I read in the news a couple of weeks ago that SUU was implementing a new campaign to eliminate racist costumes that are appropriating cultures. I thought the article was great, but the comments were not. People really wanted to get across that they thought the idea was dumb, and that people of color are too soft and are "snowflakes."

Ageism: On the radio earlier this week I was listening to a show that was technically a game that millennials go against older people in current trivia. I'm pretty sure they always make the questions so that older people don't even have a chance of answering it, and millennials always get the advantage of answering questions correctly. I think it's sad because they're trying to make them look uneducated and dumb while it isn't true at all.

I wasn't paying enough attention to find an example of able-bodiedism or heterosexism, but I know they are out there. I think even just using the word "retarded" or "disabled" can be an example of able-bodiedism. As our book said, people are not their disability. As well as heterosexism, people always assume that everyone is heterosexual unless otherwise told. Ads on tv always depict heterosexual couples and in Hollywood you rarely see couples other than heterosexual, but you do still see them sometimes (which is great!).