性别主义(sexism)意指在性别基础上产生的偏见,特别指女性遭受的特殊的压迫,其渊源是传统观念对性别差异的笃信。它包含两层意思:一是男性比女性重要。前者不必是后者的上级,但却更重要、更有意义、更有价值、更受人尊敬。二是女性在世是为了享乐和协助男性。这就是西方社会所谓的“女人的作用是补充男人的不足;她们应该尽天生的女性职能;她们与男人不同,所以不该与之竞争”的含意。 在美国性别主义现象比比皆是。如在工资方面,自1939年以来,全日制女工的年平 Sexism refers to the prejudice based on gender, especially the special oppression suffered by women. Its origins are the traditional beliefs about gender differences. It contains two meanings: First, men are more important than women. The former need not be the superior of the latter, but more important, more meaningful, more valuable and more respectable. Second, women are alive to enjoy and assist men. This is what western societies call “the role of women in supplementing the deficiencies of men; the function of women as they are born; the difference between them and men, so they should not compete”. There are many phenomena of sexualism in the United States. For example, in terms of wages, the annual average of full-time female workers since 1939