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1、女性歧视的英文演讲稿1. 求有关性别歧视 英文文章Sexism against femalesSexism against females in its extreme form is known as misogyny, which is derived from the Greek words for hatred of females. The term sexism, in common usage, usually implies sexism against females, since this is the most commonly identified form of se
2、xism. Further, this form is often called chauvinism, though chauvinism is actually a broader term for any extreme and unreasonable partisanship that is accompanied by malice and hatred towards a rival group. A similar term is gynophobia, which refers to fears of females or feminity.Historically, in
3、many patriarchal societies, females have been and are viewed as the weaker sex. Womens lower status can be seen in cases in which females were not even recognized as persons under the law of the land. The feminist movement promotes womens rights to end sexism against females by addressing issues suc
4、h as equality under the law, political representation of females, access to education and employment, female victims of domestic violence, self-ownership of the female body, and the impact of pornography on women. While feminists broadly agree on the aims and goals of feminism, they may disagree on
5、specific issues (for instance, pornography or abortion), tactics, or priorities.The history of sexism began thousands of years ago. When the idea of patriarchy was born, women were relegated to the background, to doing domestic cares and household chores. Before the influential years, Christianity w
6、as affected by ancient dualistic beliefs originating in Persia. According to these dualistic beliefs, spirit was good and matter was evil. Eventually, this matter that was considered evil became identified with women. Touching this matter, according to the Gnostics, was defiling, and this became kno
7、wn as the defiling contact with women. Genesis and Aristotle had implied this idea as well. Women were seen as being created by the evil Demiurge, as matter was seen as being created by the evil Auhra-Mazda. The idea of women being evil was symbolized in many ways: for example, paradise or the garde
8、n (shal) was originally known as the garden-womb of the Goddess Mari (Shalimar) but it then became known as shell, “the pit,” which is an unpleasant hell or underworld. This womb-garden transformed into the womb-tomb; the idea of the womb being good became bad and “the pit” and its carrier became ba
9、d as well. This idea made womens sensualness evolve into a paradigm of evil. Tertullian, a Catholic theologian who converted to Christianity and his writings influenced early Christianity, had said that woman were “the devils gate.” This idea of women eventually symbolized incompleteness and women w
10、ere then known as the imperfect male, as it is identified in Christian tradition. The following passage from Otto Weiningers Sex and Character reveals how women were seen in the past:Women have no existence and no essence: they are not, they are nothing. Mankind occurs as male or female, as somethin
11、g or nothing. Woman has no share in ontological reality, no relation to the thing-in-itself, which, in the deepest interpretation, is the absolute, is God. Man, in his highest form, the genius, has such a relation, and for him the absolute is either the conception of the higher worth of existence, i
12、n which case he is a philosopher; or it is the wonderful fairyland of dreams, the kingdom of absolute beauty, and then he is an artist. But both views mean the same. Women has no relation to the idea, she neither affirms nor denies it; she is neither moral nor anti-moral; mathematically speaking she
13、 has no sign; she is purposeless, neither good nor bad, neither angel nor devil, never egotistical (and therefore has often been said to be altruistic); she is as non-moral as she is non-logical. But all existence is moral and logical existence. So woman has no existence. (Weininger 286, 220)。2. 英语的
14、关于性别歧视的文章,篇幅不要太少,急Sexism at Work Recent years see more girl students on the campus than boys, and girls perform as excellently as boys. Some are even superior and receive more praises and honors. Indeed, girls are equal to boys. However, when they are getting out of the pure schoolyard and venture i
15、nto the complicated society, they find themselves faced with many things different. Among them is sexism at work. It begins with the job interview. Though females have made full preparation to cope with the situation, blatant sexism in the selection of staff will make it tough for them to please the
16、 inter viewer and render him to nod. More vacancies are open only to males. Sometimes, females will be rejected just because of their sex. When females are lucky enough to be employed by a company, dont you assume that they are regarded as equal to males. I confess that the work they do is equal, however, disappointing ly, the pay is not. Women may do no less work but earn much less than men. To make matters worse, theyre confronted with great possibility to be fired d