Sexism

Definition of Sexism

The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Sexism: Actions or attitudes that discriminate against people based solely on their gender. Sexism is linked to power in that those with power are typically treated with favour and those without power are typically discriminated against. Sexism is also related to stereotypes since the discriminatory actions or attitudes are frequently based on false beliefs or over generalizations about gender and on seeing gender as relevant when it is not. See: STEREOTYPE in this legal dictionary and in the world encyclopedia of law.

Sexism: Resources

Notes and References

• Drislane, R., & Parkinson, G. (2016). (Concept of) Sexism. Online dictionary of the social sciences. Open University of Canada