Question

The belief that Rebecca is responsible for stopping Jeremy’s advances and that she is expected to refrain from sexual activity before marriage while Jeremy is directly and indirectly encouraged to engage in a lot of sexual activity is an example of ________.

Answer 1

Sexism

Step-by-step explanation:

Sexism is a prejudice based on gender and that affects especially women and girls. Sexism imposes limits on what women can do and allows men to act in a different way than what it's expected from women. Sexism perpetuates gender stereotypes and perpetuates traditional gender roles for men and women.

In this example, Rebecca is responsible for stopping Jeremy's advances and restrain from sexual activity before marriage while Jeremy is encouraged to engage in sexual activity. Here we can observe how different roles are expected for men and women (Rebecca and Jeremy) and it is based on traditional gender roles. Therefore it is an example of sexism.