Balance scales

 

                           What is sexism? Sexism is defined as prejudice or discrimination based on a person's sex. Sexist attitudes may stem from traditional stereotypes of gender roles. Sexism does not only slow the growing of the economy, it increases the rate of crime and also gender-based violence. Although many people have fought for equal rights of women and men, sexism still exists in this modern world.

                 While reading Eutropia, we see these men becoming bored or tired of the previous city within Eutropia, that it is so easy for them to pick up and move into the next city. Despite all the cities being "of equal size and not unlike one another", the men become weary and can no longer bear their living situation and decide it is now time where they move on into the next city where they start fresh with a brand new job, wife, home and friends.
                     Now, how can this relate to sexism? In the most simplest way, he described these men becoming bored with their living situations from the current city and moving into the next city where they establish a new job, home, friends and wife. Why is it so easy for a man to put his wife in the same category as something that is so replaceable? The concept of the men living in Eutropia is that a wife is so disposable and can easily be replaced by a new wife who can perform the same duties and tasks as the last wife did.
                    Sadly, there are many men with the same concept of the way they perceive women today. One issue that stands out to me relating to sexism in our modern world is the existence of arranged marriages. The idea is to have a woman who can cook, clean, wash and have children. The woman doesn't have a choice or a voice in the matter. Another issue is the danger of benevolent sexism resulting in hostile sexism. The small comments or remarks made by men can easily turn into something violent if the thought of women as being incompetent or needing a man's help all the time doesn't change.