Which is the greater of American society's "ism's"? Sexism or Racism (or other)?

Question

American society has been both sexist and racist in the past - particularly regarding our electoral process. The 14th and 15th Amendments to the US Constitution were ratified after the Civil War and together guaranteed the right to vote for people regardless of race or color. On the other hand, the 19th Amendment - which guaranteed the right to vote regardless of gender - was not ratified until 1920.

Yesterday, Barack Obama (purported to be "black" though actually mixed race) accepted the nomination for candidacy for President of the United States by the Democratic Party. Some people believe that Hillary Clinton should have been the "rightful" nominee. I'm not here to stoke the fires of division in the country/party but I am curious: Is this representative of our society's continued sexism (more so than racism) or is it simply coincidence?

Racism and sexism (as well as other "ism's" such as age-ism) still exist in our society - and, among individuals, will likely continue to be for some time. But does one have a greater hold than the other?

Answer 1

As stated by one of the other answerers, gender equality has probably been the most perpetuated Marxist~Utopian propaganda lie to date. "Race" on one hand makes up the 13th billionth letter in your DNA; s*x makes you, which is what gives you that X or XY chromosome. The disparity between what makes you You therefore is rather conspicuous. What is the true meaning of equality? That everyone is equal in worth, regardless of their inherent state of being. What will "modern" schools of state as the definition of equality? That You are stronger than everyone else, and anyone else who challenges your beliefs is a racist, sexist etc. If by sexist you are talking of a two-way street, then that of course denoting that sexism is on a institutionalized level. We all know who I'm talking about, and sadly, many will loiter with their euphoric dangling carrots.

Answer 2

gender equality is one of the greatest deception of modern era.

Male and female are different in many aspect. For how long we have to tell lies to ourselves.

Answer 3

I think both still exist but which is more prevalent can only be determined by a census really. As for why Hillary didn't become the Democratic candidate, I may have been able to believe it was sexism if the votes weren't so close. If she lost by a significant amount then I may have been able to believe that but she obviously got a lot of votes just not more than Obama. To blame that on sexism is ridiculous because they both equally had things against them during the primary. She had sexism against her and he had racism and they both were very close.

Answer 4

Sexism is much less prevalent. What we call sexism is simply a matter of facts(women are weaker, more bookish, etc). Racism is more prevalent because addressing race without some level of political correctness is not allowed. If you say anything it's always "NOT ALL ETC" like a broken record

Answer 5

racism is alot worst in my book, people have died based on the color of their skin, ageism is not that important come on, look at jhon mccain hes 5 times my seinor

Answer 6

I <3 Obama. I think we have a lot of both. And age-ism. I'm 15, and I get talked down to like I'm 5, though I understand everything people talk about. I was talked down to by Kathleen Sebelius (governer of Kansas) I was choosen to talk to her from my school last year for being the best at history. And she made me feel like I was 2.

Answer 7

That's an odd comparison - I think both exist, they're both bad, and they will both continue for a long time.

I think it's a coincidence with respect to Hillary not getting the nomination. She herself had a lot of baggage, a lot of missteps in her campaign, etc.  

Answer 8

Psssh. It's all about elitism/classism.

The rich run everything and can buy their way out of sticky situations. It's a major problem, really. More and more of the nation's wealth is being shifted to  the top one percent. We haven't seen such an imbalance since the beginning of the industrial age (which was not a very good age for the working class). People like to cry racism and sexism (don't get me wrong, those are MAJOR problems...I'm a Black female, so I know), and they don't realize just how unfairly biased society is towards the rich.