Discrimination


                  Discrimination is a sociological term referring to the treatment taken toward or againsta person of a certain group in consideration based solely on class or category.Discrimination is the actual behavior towards another group. It involves excluding or restricting members of one group from opportunities that are available to other groups.Discriminatory behaviors take many forms, but they all involve some form of exclusion or rejection.


                  Though gender discrimination and sexism refers to beliefs and attitudes in relation to the gender of a person, such beliefs and attitudes are of a social nature and do not,normally, carry any legal consequences.Sex discrimination, on the other hand, may have legal consequences. Discrimination based on sex is defined as adverse action against another person, that would not have occurred had the person been of another sex. This is considered a form of prejudiceand is illegal in certain enumerated circumstances in most countries. Sexual discrimination can arise in different contexts. For instance an employee may be discriminated against by being asked discriminatory questions during a job interview, or because an employer did not hire, promote or wrongfully terminated an employee based on his or her gender, or employers pay unequally based on gender. 


                   Age discrimination is discrimination on the grounds of age. Although theoretically the word can refer to the discrimination against any age group. Age discrimination usually comes in one of three forms: discrimination against youth,discrimination against those 40 years old or older, and discrimination against elderly people. In many countries, companies more or less openly refuse to hire people above a certain age despite the increasing life spans and average age of the population. The reasons for this range from vague feelings younger people are more "dynamic" and create a positive image for the company, to more concrete concerns about regulations granting older employees higher salaries or other benefits without these expenses being fully justified by an older employees' greater experience.


                   Racial discrimination differentiates between individuals on the basis of real and perceived racial differences, and has been official government policy in several countries, such as South African and the USA.
In theUnited States, racial profiling of minorities by law enforcement officials has been called racial discrimination. As early as 1865, the Civil Rights Act provided a remedy for intentional race discrimination in employment by private employers and state and local public employers. The Civil Rights Act of 1871 applies to public employment or employment involving state action prohibiting deprivation of rights secured by the federal constitution or federal laws through action under color of law.


                   In retrospect, Discrimination is a serious issue that is unfortunately rampant across the globe. It can occur anywhere, on the road or even in office. Hence, gender equality, and the fight for it, is still very important today. It will help to level unequal playing fields. It will not only down in history as a revolution that caused old systems to fall, and new, stronger ones to rise, it will also display the full capacity of the human spirit, with both men and women, spanning the various races, jobs and social standing, joining in the biggest human rights movement of all time.