Examples of sexism PLEASE?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexism

You've been getting some pretty lame answers.

Sexism is alive and well - maybe not the way it used to be, but there are definitely examples out there. Here's my favorite:

What last name do you have? Most likely, it's the same one as your father. What's your mom's last name? Most likely, that of her husband (if she's married). Have you ever thought about why?

The short answer: sexist tradition.

There are no laws that dictate what last name a wife or child must have. It is purely 100% personal choice. Anyone can go to court and have any last name they want. Every baby that's born can have what ever last name the parents choose. For some reason, though, 90% of married women change their last name to their husbands, and the majority of children bear the last name of their father, regardless of marital status of the parents.

I don't have my husband's last name. I have proudly worn my last name for the past 30 years. It's part of who I am. I am not a celebrity, I have no advanced degrees, and I have no professional reputation to maintain. I don't dislike my husband's last name. I simply like being known by the name I have always used.

I have no problem with the idea of a family having the same last name. I understand the romance, the idealism, and the unity that this seems to represent. I get it. It's a lovely idea. It's quaint. However, when 90% of the name changing is undertaken by women simply because they're women, that's where my problems with the tradition start.

When my husband and I got engaged, I informed him that I would not be changing my name. He gave me the standard song and dance about how families should show unity and commitment to each other and blah blah blah. I told him that having the same last name wasn't at all important to me, but if it was so important to him, I would never stop him from changing his last name to mine. After the crickets got done chirping, we never discussed it again.

You can tell you're being sexist when you reverse the gender in a statement and it sounds strange. My husband realized he was being sexist and has never once complained to me about my decision.

Never once have I regretted my choice. Having my own name in no way reflects my level of commitment to my marriage or the level of respect I have for my partner. Nor does the fact that he kept his name reflect on the state of our union.

When our son was born, I agreed to give him my husband's last name. After a long and heated debate, I finally just caved. Although I fully believe that it is not a father's birthright to expect his children to bear his name any more than it is a mother's birthright, I realize that I live in a society where most people believe this is the case. (There's a PERFECT example of sexism. He's a boy, therefore he automatically gets to expect that his kids will have his last name.) I decided that rather than subject my husband to the potential ridicule about his son not having his name, I would give in because I love him more than I love principle.

It won't be that way this time.

I am due next month with our next child, and this child will have my last name. I reminded my husband that what's fair is fair, and he agreed that it was my turn. He doesn't love it, but he knows I'm right.

My goal is to live in a world where men are as likely as women to change their names upon marriage and men and women are equally likely to pass their last names to their children. I'm taking the advice of a bumper sticker and being the change I want to see in the world.

I hope that helps.

Feminist 'studies' forget to include such silly things as 'personal choice' and 'hours worked' when comparing wages of men & women...instead, they blame it ALL on men & discrimination. Yet, oddly enough, they ignore entirely that single women in city areas out earn men by quite an amount.

'all men are rapists and thats all they are' <---now THAT is sexism.

An example of sexism is when a woman refuses to obey her husband.

Women only gyms.

shouldn't you be baking something?

100% of women should be barefoot, pregnant, and in the kitchen

Look up "Affirmative action"

shouldn't you be giving me a lap dance?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8096761.stm