Women as a minority group Women have been discriminated against since the beginning of time, since the first men, Adam and Eve. Eve was called the wicked one, because she ate the fruit of the tree of knowledge. Once he had the knowledge to know right from wrong, he chose to do evil and give the fruit to Adam. Examples like these can be shown throughout history books, in stories, tales and legends throughout the 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 assumption of male sexism has led to patterns of prejudice and discrimination against women. These prejudices and discrimination have led to many beliefs or ideas about why women are inferior to men. They range from brain size to sex differences, including personalities based on genitalia. Cross-cultural studies demonstrate how the socialization process and social expectations of men and women produce variations in sexual role norms and behavior. As awareness 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. Furthermore, women now recognize that they are all victims of an ideology (sexism) that seeks to justify their inferior treatment. In all societies around the world, women are treated as if they were a minority group, just like any racial or ethnic group. this is out of the norm. The justification for considering women as a minority group and the existence of sexism become clear through the examination of social indicators, including education, employment and income. Education has been sex-segregated for hundreds of years. Men and women attended different schools or were physically and academically separated in “coeducational” schools. Boys and girls had separate classrooms, separate entrances, separate academic subjects, and separate expectations. Women were taught only social graces and morals, and teaching women academic subjects was considered a waste of time. Even after these prejudices were overcome, the education system still maintained sexism in both overt and subtle ways. The books hold... half of the paper ......nsi for maternity and family leave for health reasons. If a woman chooses motherhood, she must lower her professional goals and expectations. A woman with children will lag behind a woman without children in terms of earnings, as the woman without children will move up the corporate ladder faster. Women will therefore risk career advancement by having children. Additionally, a working mother not only has to juggle family and career, but she also has to find childcare. Childcare costs are the main reason why most women end up leaving their jobs. Most of a working mother's salary goes directly to child care. If women were paid the same as men, more families might be able to pay child care costs and working mothers could continue to work and get ahead. Women have been treated unequally since the beginning of time. Just recently things have begun to change for the better for women and the future of our society. Increasing women's equality rights will take time, but one day women and men will be treated equally. This cannot happen until each of us is able to look at a person and see..