Question

“All those women on welfare have it made. All they do is stay home and make babies while the rest of us have to work and pay taxes to support them.”

Reflect on this statement in the context of what we have learned about prejudice.

This should not just be writing down your first reaction or what you already know.

Reflection involves critical thinking, which means rethinking your existing knowledge and previously held opinions in light of what we have learned about prejudice.

Propose strategies that could resolve this particular prejudice.

Answer 1

#. Prejudice is the preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience

As the statement depicts that the only work of the women is to reproduce and it is the incorrect perception. There duty is not reproduce but to make the next generation of the family and in this both the parents are involved not only mother can make babies by themselves . Then why don't we blame father's . Mother is the only person in the family who do all the work . She takes care of the whole family members by cooking for them , washing their clothes , taking care of the childrens and husband when they are sick, lack Ng their lunch etc . Mother is an all-rounder , nobody can take her place . Even their are mothers who go for job along with doing other home activities . You can't pay her love ,work care with any of the taxes ,it's just unpayable.

Some of the strategies to solve this misperception are :-

- giving equal right to female and male.

- educating girl child

- allowing women's to work outside ,to study outside

- allowing girls to present their viewpoints