{"id":642,"date":"2012-02-11T12:27:10","date_gmt":"2012-02-11T12:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mediaeducationcentre.eu\/?p=642"},"modified":"2012-02-11T12:27:10","modified_gmt":"2012-02-11T12:27:10","slug":"642","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mediaeducationcentre.eu\/eng\/?p=642","title":{"rendered":"Discrimination by Sarah-Jane Baur"},"content":{"rendered":"

Author: Sarah-Jane Baur
\nAre You Part of the Game?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The noun \u201cdiscrimination\u201d does not necessarily have to be negatively connotated. At least not when looking at the denotations of the word. Sometimes it can simply describe the ability to judge what is of high quality. It is, however, nowadays mostly associated with the rather negative sociological concept of discrimination. This concept is described by the Oxford dictionary as \u201cthe unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.\u201d As this definition already indicates, discrimination is a very broad problem and applies to almost everyone at some point in their lives.<\/p>\n

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There are many different types of discrimination and to list them would be tedious and lengthy. This article will therefore only include the most important categories discrimination can be grouped into. One of the most commonly debated types of discrimination is gender and gender identity discrimination<\/strong>. As the name already suggests, this kind of discrimination refers to a person’s genetic or chosen gender. Gender discrimination can be present at the workplace, but also in all other areas of social life and has been heavily debated in the past. But not only people’s sex leads to discrimination, also their sexual orientation<\/strong> can cause them to be discriminated against. Even though same-sex partnerships are legal in many countries nowadays, there is still a lot of discrimination towards them present in society. Part of this is also the so-called marriage discrimination<\/strong>, which still prevents same-sex couples in many countries from getting legally married.<\/p>\n