Sexist videos.

We were shown these sexist videos in our lesson. The women were portrayed as people who didn’t know anything, who were only supposed to be there to look pretty, and who were only interested in things such as ‘fluffy kittens’ or ‘embroidering’. There was a woman shown who opinionated about politics at a dinner party, for example, and the men all looked at her in disgust. For another example, there was a woman getting into a car to drive and the narrative quoted “She’s getting into the wrong side, the driving seat” as the audience laughed.

In my opinion, women should-under no circumstances- be portrayed in that way as, while some women may well enjoy embroidery, others may prefer football (for example). Men and women should always be equal to each other, as it really doesn’t depend on the gender of a person to be able to tell what they’re into and what they do. And, as the video explained that women will stop taking in knowledge within a short time and ‘their minds will become a mess’, this is also untrue as the knowledge of someone depends on how they are taught and, again, not their gender.