Oral
Our oral exposition about male chauvinism will be based on the perspective of the different religions and cultures that exist or have existed around the The society we live in concentrates more on gender differences than similarities causing the actual disadvantage of women in most areas.To explain and justify this fact it is necessary to establish differences between several concepts:- Sex is genetically determined and the only possibilities are being either a man or a woman. - Sexuality is any behaviour that involves anatomical and physiological conditions characteristic of both sexes.- Gender is learned behaviour or social roles that culture associates with being male or female.There is a gender hierarchy in our society with male domination and female subordination reflected in many aspects of our lives.What we can be sure about is that male chauvinism is a multi-causal subjective position. However, we can only present hypothesis instead of solid foundations about the origin of its existence.To begin with, men's corporal strength might be the majo
r factor which establishes the differences between both genders. An even though the declaration of human rights establishes that. In some cases, this association left-right indicates more than the social acceptation of a physiological difference, implicating extra connotations of prestige, honour and authority. That is how, the dichotomy right-left not only shows clearly the differences of masculine and feminine, but authority-submission. Women that behave respectfully with their husbands, should be always to their left, when they eat, when they sit or even when they sleep. The same sign of respect must be exhibited with any person socially considered superior, those persons are riches and nowadays, people that have a good education. Women's inferiority in most societies is caused by many factors, but we can also add that the organisation of this world was completely a male creation and that the laws that they have established help them specially. It is hard for us to accept these facts because is not in human nature the attitude of recognising our mistakes, that is why we will present examples from other cultures:Sexual symbolism in BangladeshMen are associated with the right, the preferred side, and women with the left one. During religious celebrations, there are separated entrances to public places, so men have their avenue from the right and women from the left. In Bangladesh the right side is considered to be the best one, the right shoulder is where the angels live to judge the good actions of each day while from the left shoulder, demons judge the bad ones. That is why it can't be used to bring food to the person's mouth or to wash it with water before everyday prays. When they visit a clairvoyant, s/he reads men's right hand and women's left's. According to popular beliefs, it is said that young girls start walking with their left foot while young boys start with their right's.
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