Sexism in the 21st century by Claudia Sonea

Britain is famous for many things such as the world's oldest parliamentary system, the Industrial Revolution, the monarchy, but what dazzles is the mentality of the people who have high regards for conventions and a deeply rooted sexism. Women were treated like inferior beings for a long time by British male who had the reputed clubs were only males were allowed and in spite of having as sovereign a Queen, women had no rights to education, to a occupy a position in the political administration or property rights. You would think that after the 19th century feminist movement things changed for the better and you would not be ! totally wrong as nowadays women have almost the same rights as men. In spite of being able to take any job as long as they have they have the proper education, women are poorly represented in some areas like n Britain’s House of Commons or boardrooms and even in the Royal Force. Only recently the all-male ranks of the Tower of London were broken by the joining of the first female Beefeaters, Moira Cameron. After serving in the Women’s Royal Army Corps for 22 years, Moira Cameron had the privilege of being elected to join the Body of Yeoman Warders at the Tower. The story however doesn’t have a happy end as her colleagues had a hard time accepting her and started a campaign of terror, harassing her with shameful notes left in her locker and tampering with her uniform. There was also a denigration campaign through the Internet, which proves that British male are not yet prepared to give women the credits of their works, nor the equa! lity rights that were gained after a long struggle across cent! uries. According to the official statement, there is an ongoing investigation regarding the incidents, but no one seems to be actually bothered by what happened and the public reaction is not that of outrage as it should be, but rather indifference. After all, women can even save Earth from the Doomsday and they would still be regarded as inferior to male race. A revolutionized society with a stuck in conventions, racist and sexist behaviour and mentality is just the kind of paradox characteristic to mankind.

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