Sexism in Chile

In Chile, the equality´s fight between the women and the men took more strength in the 21th century when in 2006 the president of the republic was Michelle Bachelet. In this year, the news started to show more sex discriminations acts and in the public opinion started to talk more about this topic. In the present, Chile progressed in the women´s right, but still lack to much work to do. In the actuality, the Chilean society is a male chauvinist society.

In my opinion, the Chilean society is still a male chauvinist society, because the male opinion is considered most import than a female opinion. In jobs, in investigations or in the families almost always a company or a university prefer chose the male opinion because the Chilean culture the male opinion has significance than the female opinion. For this condition, to the women are most difficult professionally emerge.

Also, I believe that the treatment of women, that changed a little, still it disrespects. This because to the women don’t respect like a person. In this point I want emphasis in the vision of the woman like a sex object. The most serious act is a violation, but also it is when a person touch a woman in the underground or in the public transport. Even, when a man shout a compliment in the street (a vulgar compliment), this more that like to a woman, the man outrage the woman, outrage the respect that all people deserve. To the man it is a joke, but to the woman it is an insult.

Finally, examples like the mentioned tested that still the Chilean society must work in discrimination to the woman and in the future it doesn´t be a male chauvinist society. The first step is learn to the next generations.