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Gender bias and Sexism

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Gender Bias and Sexism

Male dominance was established into the social system of some ethnic groups and women played a significant role in their society . For some philosophers and scholars , this was due to the complementarity of male and female roles and functions . Complementarity gave women a great deal of autonomy in their own affairs . Discrimination based on both class and gender existed . One example of inequality was the deprivation of education of the less high-born Muslim women in

the pre-colonial period It is likely that most women were given only the most limited of Muslim education . Indeed , the issue of access to education or of opportunity for continued education probably rarely arose . Thus , historically gender and class were prime determinants in limiting women 's educational opportunities . Women have historically been excluded from participation in many professions . During the 1800s , women were deprived of rights and freedom . Women could not own property , could not vote , and had no means to earn any degree . Most occupations were closed to women . But then in 1962 , President Kennedy created the President 's Commission on the Status of Women , chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt . It was established to study the status of women in all areas of their lives and recommend changes to help women achieve their basic rights and freedom . So from then on certain rights and privileges were rendered for women empowerment and equality

Comparing the historical discrimination to today 's...