Women have been discriminated against since the beginning of time, as
             early as the first people, Adam and Eve. Eve was called the evil one,
             who ate fruit from the tree of knowledge. Once she had the knowledge
             to know right from wrong, she chose to do wrong and give the fruit to
             Adam. Examples like these can be shown all over history books, in
             stories, tales and legends across the entire world. Women have been
             subordinate to men in virtually all societies throughout history.
             The ideology that one sex is superior to the other is called sexism.
             The presumption of male sexism led to patterns of prejudice and
             discrimination against women. These prejudices and discriminations have led
             to many beliefs or ideas of why women are inferior to men. They range
             from brain size to sexual differences, including personalities based on
             genitalia. Cross-cultural studies demonstrate how the socialization
             process and societal expectations of men and women produce variances in
             As the realization of women as an exploited group increases, the
             similarity of their position to that of racial and ethnic groups becomes more
             apparent. Women are born into their sexual identity and are easily
             distinguished by physical and cultural characteristics. In addition,
             women now identify that they are all sufferers of an ideology (sexism) that
             tries to justify their inferior treatment.
             In all societies around the world, women are treated as if they are a
             minority group, just like any racial or ethnic group that is out of the
             norm. The justification for considering women as a minority group and
             the existence of sexism becomes clear through the examination of social
             indicators, including education, employment, and income.
             Education was sex segregated for hundreds of years. Men and women
             went to different schools or were physically and academically separated
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