To consider ethics, one looks at what is considered morally right or wrong. By the definition of sexism, we mean the discrimination of someone based on their gender, 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 expecting the stereotypical man or woman, without considering their most important and defining characteristics is unethical. A person should be seen as a whole rather than the part assigned to them by society's gender roles. This idea of projecting pigeonholed beliefs onto another person therefore makes the idea of sexism morally wrong. If the true morality of sexism were a universal notion, it is possible that sexism would become less common, and at least those who hold sexist beliefs would not overtly act on them. Sexism has a lot to do with personal beliefs and morals. These vary widely between people and across cultures. Many people have strong sexist beliefs, and many others strongly oppose those beliefs, because there is such a mix that it makes it difficult to find a solution and fuels the maintenance of the problem. As long as a person continues to have sexist beliefs, the problem cannot be extinguished as their belief can easily be passed down across generations and culture. However, beliefs are often overcome
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