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Essay / The Role of Sexism in Cognitive Psychology - 1806
In order to consider ethics, you look at what is considered morally right or wrong. By the definition of sexism, it is the discrimination of a person based on their sex, an immutable and unchosen biological characteristic. It cannot be ethical to reduce a person to their biological characteristics, and therefore to their gender stereotype. Labeling a person based on their gender by expecting a stereotype of male or female, without considering their most important and defining characteristics, is unethical. A person should be viewed as a whole rather than as a piece assigned to them by society's gender roles. This notion of projecting cataloged beliefs onto another person therefore makes the idea of sexism morally erroneous. If the true morality of sexism were a universal notion, it is possible that sexism would become less common and at least those with sexist beliefs would not openly act on them. Sexism has a lot to do with personal beliefs and morals. These vary considerably between people and cultures. Many people have strong sexist beliefs and many others strongly oppose these beliefs because there is such a mixture that it is difficult to find a solution and fuels the continuation of the problem. As long as a person continues to hold sexist beliefs, the problem cannot be extinguished because their beliefs can easily be transmitted across generations and cultures. But beliefs are often transmitted