What could the government do to tackle sex and racial discrimination?
Which should they do first?
Why is it important for society?
Would it work and why/why not?
No matter what governments do it will always be down to a matter of opinion. There are many laws in place nowadays that are broken frequently due to different opinions
There are some laws which have changed some people's opinions. What about the law that your not allowed on your phone whilst driving? people still do it but some people have either stopped or refuse to never do it because of the law that was introduced. The majority of the society was unaware of the danger involved but with the introduction to the recent law people have changed their minds.
they need to intensify the punishments given for sexist and racial crimes, despite the fact they have the laws in place many people still break them and dont get punished severly enough INCREASE THE PUNISHMENTS!
The government could place all the laws they like to prevent sex and racial discrimination but the social opinion on them would hardly change this is due to older generations upbringing even now racism and sexism is a massive problem. we think, that this will only disappear when our generation are pensioners.
yes he could but it wont make a difference, its all a matter of social opinion, one man can not change the whole view of society, for example if though their is a law that you arent allowed on your phone whilst driving many people still do it and get away with it
The government can't do anything to ever fully stop racism and sexism. They can put in laws to stop these, but can never change someone's opinion, this can take generations, however if the opinion stays with someone it can be passed on through the generations. The government can't fully in-force racism sand sexism laws because many of the incidents happen behind closed doors.
Have you considered that if new laws are put in place then it might make people have another opinion? I agree that no matter what laws are put in place people will always have an opinion but it does not mean that a new law could not shape peoples opinions.
In December 2010, the UK Government published “The Equality Strategy – Building a Fairer Britain”, setting out its proposals for tackling the barriers to equal opportunities and social mobility. Specific, targeted measures to promote equal opportunities and tackle discrimination will be taken forward by central Government and separately by the DAs.
The government should work on tackling discrimination within society, as equality is essential for making society function and to make its members happy. They can offer legal protection, but they can't necessarily change people's opinions, and discrimintation can still exist in secret eg the glass ceiling, institutional racism
Government action should be taken to tackle both sex and racial discrimination. To tackle inequalities between genders and ethnicities, the government could create a law which forces businesses to have a certain percentage of men and women and ethnic minorities in managerial roles.
To make society more racially equal the racism laws need to be made to apply to white people as well because a black person can be legally racist for example
Governments could do anything to try and stop sex and racial discrimination but its down to public opinion and it will take time for people's views and opinions to change. Governments have made laws to prevent sex and racial discrimination. But they cant stop it in small areas for example; the work place
It may be down to public opinions, but it has been shown that it is the older generation of today's society that are racist and sexist. Soon they will die out so all problems will be solved and equality will exist :)
To tackle sex discrimination, the government could employ equal men and women into parliament. This would be important to society because at the moment society is mainly controlled by men, but if male and female are equally represented in political situations then society will benefit sexes as both points of view are taken into account when enforcing laws etc. However, this may not work because the quality of politicians may decrease when trying to get equal amounts of female and male.
The government should tackle the race discrimination issue first. This is because the gender gap has been gradually closing over the last 40 years with only some government action. Racism is still a common issue
There is no way of choosing between making a law to stop sexist comments or making a law to stop racial comments. They are both important therefore one law should not be made before another.
People don't follow the law because the punishments are so minimal. If the punishments were increase, maybe people wouldn't be so racist and sexist. Yes, people could criticise this to the extreme that the law wont change peoples minds but it would definitely make people think twice to what's more important in life.
Socialisation is the key. If we socialise children at a very early age at school in the correct manner they will despise sexism and racism and then we just have to play the waiting game. We have to change peoples minds and not the law, as much as the law is a great thing it can't protect everyone all the time.
No matter what governments do it will always be down to a matter of opinion. There are many laws in place nowadays that are broken frequently due to different opinions
ReplyDeleteNo laws will be able to change public opinion. It will just take time for people to change their minds on discrimination.
ReplyDeleteThere are some laws which have changed some people's opinions. What about the law that your not allowed on your phone whilst driving? people still do it but some people have either stopped or refuse to never do it because of the law that was introduced. The majority of the society was unaware of the danger involved but with the introduction to the recent law people have changed their minds.
Deletethey need to intensify the punishments given for sexist and racial crimes, despite the fact they have the laws in place many people still break them and dont get punished severly enough
ReplyDeleteINCREASE THE PUNISHMENTS!
What type of punishments would you put in place if someone made a sexist or racial comment?
Deletedepending on how severe it is i would say death penalty, would send a big message to society
Deleteincrease the punishments? It all depends on how bad the sexual or racial comment was.
DeleteSo you are going to kill some one for being a bit racist?
DeleteThe government could place all the laws they like to prevent sex and racial discrimination but the social opinion on them would hardly change this is due to older generations upbringing even now racism and sexism is a massive problem. we think, that this will only disappear when our generation are pensioners.
ReplyDeleteCleggo could make a promise.
ReplyDeleteyes he could but it wont make a difference, its all a matter of social opinion, one man can not change the whole view of society, for example if though their is a law that you arent allowed on your phone whilst driving many people still do it and get away with it
DeleteThe government can't do anything to ever fully stop racism and sexism. They can put in laws to stop these, but can never change someone's opinion, this can take generations, however if the opinion stays with someone it can be passed on through the generations. The government can't fully in-force racism sand sexism laws because many of the incidents happen behind closed doors.
ReplyDeleteHave you considered that if new laws are put in place then it might make people have another opinion? I agree that no matter what laws are put in place people will always have an opinion but it does not mean that a new law could not shape peoples opinions.
DeletePeople break laws daily. There is nothing you can do to stop that.
DeleteIn December 2010, the UK Government published “The Equality Strategy –
ReplyDeleteBuilding a Fairer Britain”, setting out its proposals for tackling the barriers to equal
opportunities and social mobility. Specific, targeted measures to promote equal
opportunities and tackle discrimination will be taken forward by central
Government and separately by the DAs.
The government should work on tackling discrimination within society, as equality is essential for making society function and to make its members happy. They can offer legal protection, but they can't necessarily change people's opinions, and discrimintation can still exist in secret eg the glass ceiling, institutional racism
ReplyDeleteGovernment action should be taken to tackle both sex and racial discrimination. To tackle inequalities between genders and ethnicities, the government could create a law which forces businesses to have a certain percentage of men and women and ethnic minorities in managerial roles.
ReplyDeleteTo make society more racially equal the racism laws need to be made to apply to white people as well because a black person can be legally racist for example
ReplyDeleteBut also for other ethic minorities.
DeleteGovernments could do anything to try and stop sex and racial discrimination but its down to public opinion and it will take time for people's views and opinions to change. Governments have made laws to prevent sex and racial discrimination. But they cant stop it in small areas for example; the work place
ReplyDeleteIt may be down to public opinions, but it has been shown that it is the older generation of today's society that are racist and sexist. Soon they will die out so all problems will be solved and equality will exist :)
DeleteOpinions can be passed down the generations so even when they die the problems will not stop.
DeleteThere is a law in the work place, The sex discrimination act. (1975)
DeleteNothing could be done, unless it was possible to stop people saying certain thing's? Which isn't...
ReplyDeleteTo tackle sex discrimination, the government could employ equal men and women into parliament.
ReplyDeleteThis would be important to society because at the moment society is mainly controlled by men, but if male and female are equally represented in political situations then society will benefit sexes as both points of view are taken into account when enforcing laws etc.
However, this may not work because the quality of politicians may decrease when trying to get equal amounts of female and male.
The quality of politician's is already low..
DeleteThe government should tackle the race discrimination issue first. This is because the gender gap has been gradually closing over the last 40 years with only some government action. Racism is still a common issue
ReplyDeleteNope
DeleteThere is no way of choosing between making a law to stop sexist comments or making a law to stop racial comments. They are both important therefore one law should not be made before another.
ReplyDeletePeople don't follow the law because the punishments are so minimal. If the punishments were increase, maybe people wouldn't be so racist and sexist. Yes, people could criticise this to the extreme that the law wont change peoples minds but it would definitely make people think twice to what's more important in life.
ReplyDeleteThis statement is very true. What kind of punishments would you put in place?
DeleteSocialisation is the key. If we socialise children at a very early age at school in the correct manner they will despise sexism and racism and then we just have to play the waiting game. We have to change peoples minds and not the law, as much as the law is a great thing it can't protect everyone all the time.
ReplyDeleteCasual sexism is more widely tolerated than racism. Sexism is used for comedic reasons within the media for example in adverts
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