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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
Prejudice or discrimination based on a person’s sex or gender.
Used by AQA and Edexcel
Paper 2
Prejudice or discrimination based on a person's sex.
Revise: Gender, Equality and DiscriminationHumanists UK supports equality on the basis of sex and gender and campaigns against sexism. Its reasoning rests on human rights, evidence, empathy and compassion rather than belief in God. Discrimination is wrong because it harms people and denies their equal dignity and freedom.
Distinguish prejudice, an unfair judgement, from discrimination, unfair treatment. Give a specific example rather than simply saying that sexism exists.
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Specification 2.8 · Paper 3
Revise: Gender Prejudice and DiscriminationThese positions show why opposition to sexism does not automatically produce agreement about ordination. Christians differ over how biblical authority, tradition and equality should shape the Church.
Specification 2.8 · Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3
Prejudice or discrimination based on sex or gender.
Revise: Gender Prejudice and DiscriminationSexism is a term used for this prejudice or discrimination.
