Why Does Sexism Still Exist?

Hang on there... there were women that would vote for Hillary (and Sara Palin) because she is a woman. Where's the logic in that. As for the "N" word, which I agree is extremely offensive, the worst abusers of that word in my experience are black people themselves. Personally I'd be quite happy to let women run the world. Then we men could get on with doing what we do best - nothing! LOL.

as long as the good ol' boy network is still in place,i'm sure it'll continue.
i've had jobs where i had to work twice as hard to prove myself,and frankly,it pisses me off.you're telling me joe shmo smoking a doob out back instead of doing his job is a more valueable employee cause he stands up to pee?
right.call me when your business goes under.

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i feel sexism will always be an issue.

Because men don't experience it. A black man can experience racism and he will take the correct actions to stop it, plus here in the United States it is illegal to discriminate against color of skin. Black women experienced racism and supported the men that stood up to do something about it because they felt the pain. Men haven't really experienced sexism and so they don't feel the pain to support women in their fight. I experienced sexism all the time when I worked in contruction and men did not believe that a woman could know anything about building houses and using tools luckily my brother worked in the same field (I was his boss) and he stuck up for me.

Perhaps I am living in the wrong country to answer this (I am incidentally a foreign national not a native) - woman chancellor, several women cabinet ministers, female mayor of the city where I live. Who knows we might start getting some female captains of industry next ....

And in schools here at the moment a full 75% of the top grades in schools are being obtained by girls, so expect these developments to continue.

Meanwhile the boys are riding round the schoolyards on their skateboards and don't know seem to what books are, the male opposition leader is about to get trounced in the elections in September (despite filling his election cabinet team with women), the number of women being elected is likely to increase, meaning more women are going to likely to be cabinet ministers.

In fact except for the expenses scandal surrounding Ulla Schmidt, things from the female perspective don't look too bad here (oh, and the continued absence of female captains of industry). Final comment - I am male, and it does not bother me at all! Talent needs to be recognised and rewarded.

I do believe that sexism still exists but will revert back to the old days when women were burning bras - why would I want to be equal to them when I'm above them? Ok, socialogy class in high school 1973:) My thinking is I like having doors opened for me, love being put up on a pedistal and 'protected', I enjoy taking care of my family & home (when I was afforded that pleasure) and don't see anything at all wrong with it.

I also saw the time when the single white male was bottom of the pile - companies had to have so many 'minority' employees females and different races other than 'white' so those groups were being offered more money for equal jobs.

What can I say except it's a messed up world and don't think we'll every get it straightened out so everyone is pleased - at least not the way humans think.

Your right. In spite of the fact that women have shown time and time again that women can do anything a man can do we still are not considered equal. Women who do succeed have to work twice as hard and often for half the pay that men get.But our fight for equality seems to have led to a lack of respect. Is it because men are afraid of losing their power? All we want is to be treated as equals - not ahead of or behind a man. To walk side by side. Is that so much to ask?

Maybe men still want to be cavemen and just take what they want because they are usually physically stronger.

December 1,1955,when the 42-year-old black woman on the bus Rosa refused to stand up for white your seat,she opened up a whole to stand up tp fight for human rights struggle era.parks refused to whites in violation of your seat the apartheid I aws,so she was immediately arrested.In 1956,the U.S.Supreme Court ruled that the practice of racial segregation on buses unconstitutional.This eventually led to the 1964 "Federal Civil Rights Act,"the introduction of the bill to prohibit racial discrimination in public places.

Margret Thatcher, England, Goldia Meir, Isreal, and the current leader of Germany is female. (I cant pronounce her name or spell it.)
Finland, and many other countries also have female leaders.
Why don't you run for office???
I did 4 times, and even though I did N OT get elected, MOST of my proposals got passed into law.
So stop flappin your gums uselessly, and run for office and flap your gums for a real purpose.