is asked to stopped breastfeeding wherever she may be. (Forms...) One of the most common stereotypes that respondents were familiar with was how women are viewed as sexual objects before they are viewed as people or mothers. Asking a breastfeeding mother to stop breastfeeding in public is a perfect example of this stereotype because it proves that whomever is asking her to stop views her breasts as sexual objects rather than food for her baby. Pregnant women also have a harder time finding jobs because prejudice that pregnant women can’t do their jobs. Some women may even be fired because she’s pregnant, which is illegal, but so many women keep quiet about these incidences that nothing is done about it. (Forms...)
women may even be fired because she’s pregnant, which is illegal, but so many women keep quiet about these incidences that nothing is done about it. (Forms...)
Another form of discrimination is the violence some women face because of their gender. Half of all women in Canada have experienced at least one incident of physical or sexual violence since the age of 16. (The Facts...) 43% of respondents were not even aware of this statistic, and on top of that 54% reported experiencing some form of violence due to discrimination against their gender. Another common stereotype respondents reported hearing was that women are weak, and the fact that the number of people experiencing violence based on discrimination is higher than the number of people even aware that it’s a problem leads to the conclusion that women are scared to speak up for fear of being viewed as weak. So many women are scared of the stereotypes that would surround them if they reported the violence, they don’t want to be viewed as weak and they feel ashamed of themselves for something that wasn’t their fault.
Canada received a news report in November of last year from the United Nations which called them out on numerous barriers that still face women when it comes to gender equality. (Grant) Which comes as no surprise, but something needs to be done. We live in the 21st century and women still aren’t receiving equal treatment, which only leaves one to wonder, how many years of struggling are ahead of us until it is finally understood that we’re all human, deserving of equal rights and treatment.