Women are perceived wrong in 2025! Here are 5 myths about women, busted.

How are women perceived in America as of 2025? In America there are many conversations on how women are perceived to the world, whether it’s in person or online, and everyone tends to have a different opinion. There are still a bunch of myths about women that are not true but people tend to believe them anyway because it’s easier to believe them and degrade women than actually taking the time to figure out if it’s true or not. These myths stem from the patriarchy, which is a social system that places men in positions of power, specifically white men. This leads men to believe that they can say whatever they want even if it’s a false statement. These 5 myths about women need to stop being perpetuated because they are so far from true.

1. Women are afraid of men:

Throughout history women have been banning together to separate themselves from the oppression of men. While recently there have been a lot of famous women who have been trying to unite women, you don’t have to be famous in order to make a change and work together. For many years women have been fighting the stereotype of being afraid of men, and they’ve done this by standing behind one another.

Back in the early 1900’s women worked together during the suffragette movement and succeeded in getting us the right to vote. During the Civil Rights Movement women fought for racial equality and for the rights of marginalized communities. 

The MeToo movement was created by Tarana Burke in 2006 and was created to support survivors of sexual violence. In 2017 the #metoo movement went viral. Women organized protests and encouraged one another to share their stories of sexual harassment because people would be able to relate to it.

2. Women aren’t good at ‘male jobs:’

There is no such thing as a “man’s job,” because anybody can do any job if they have the passion and motivation to do the work. Women first started working at stereotypical “male jobs” during World War II, and in recent years women can work wherever they want to invest their energy.

Kamala Harris is a great example of this, because the vice presidency has historically been a white man’s job, and she proved this stereotype wrong. She was the first female to be sworn in as vice president of the U.S.A., and she did what she needed to do for her job. Many people, specifically white men, didn’t believe that Harris had what it took to be a vice president because she was a woman. In interviews people only referred to her as her first name, or first and last, never by just her last name like they would men. If you look at past presidents and vice presidents, all of whom were men, they were called by their last name out of respect. This respect was not shown towards Harris because not only is she a woman but she is a woman of color. The article “Call the vice president by her (Last) Name” talks specifically about how misogyny and racism can be seen in simple everyday terms. Donald Trump not only called Harris ‘Kamala,’ but also mispronounced it in a way that degraded her and her campaign. She overcame this bigotry because she was able to be just as good as the previous white men who were vice presidents. She had overseen many decisions and had helped to make them better. For example she helped to protect abortion rights while the supreme court wanted to overturn federal abortion rights.

There have also been a lot of women entering the STEM field, which was historically male dominated. They have been doing amazing work and research in order to be the best. One example of a successful woman in STEM is Bridget Menler, who used to be an actress, but is now the CEO and co-founder of Northword Space. The more women who get into “male jobs,” the more women there are for little girls to look up to as they enter the workforce.

3. Women should all become mothers:

There are many reasons why a woman might choose not to have a baby, and every single one is valid. Some women naturally have health problems in which getting pregnant would either harm their body or potentially harm the growing baby. Some women don’t believe that they are ready to be mothers, and some women don’t believe the environment they live in is the best situation for a child. Some women aren’t ready to be mothers because they don’t want to feel forced to stop their career. If a woman wants to just focus on her career instead of having kids her feelings should be considered as they would be if she were a man.

Plenty of women get discriminated against because they choose to be mothers and work, but if they are able to do both and they want to do both, then they should. No one except for the women should have a say on whether or not she should or shouldn’t have kids. It is her body, so it is also her choice to have kids or not. Regardless of what a woman chooses you need to respect it because it is not your body going through the nine months of pregnancy.

4. Women aren’t competitive enough to play sports:

There are so many amazing women athletes who prove this wrong everyday. Women athletes have proved men wrong about this again and again through competing in their respective sports, because when you have a passion for something nothing will stop you. In the 2024 Olympics there was an even split of competitors, with 50% men and 50% women, which just shows how competitive women have been in the past years.

One of the most competitive women in a sport is Serena Williams who is widely known as a tennis player. She secured 23 Grand Slam titles, and worked through many obstacles, including racist stereotypes, to get to where she is. People unfortunately talked about her as an “angry Back woman,” instead of a woman who is really passionate about the sport that she is playing. This is just one example of a competitive woman who has worked hard to get to her position in her sport.

5. If a woman is sexually assaulted, she probably asked for it:

This myth is just so wrong because sexual assault happens to many people regardless of age and what they are wearing, and a lot of the time they are under the influence of alchohol. According to “Alcohol & Sexual Assault,” 30% of all sexual assault and 75% of sexual assault on college campuses happen when someone is under the influence of alchohol. No matter what the situation is, no one is asking to be sexually assaulted.

This is especially false because sexual assault impacts different ages and genders. This can happen to everyone, and the world needs to stop pretending like it doesn’t. The Susan B. Anthony Project is home to an online gallery called “What Were You Wearing?” which displays clothes that people were sexually assaulted in. Regardless of what they were wearing, these people did not deserve what happened to them because clothes are not an invitation. Instead of the person taking responsibility they blame what the person is wearing in order to not take accountability for their actions. The abusers are able to keep living their lives without having any consequence. When the abusers silence their victims, leading to this continuous cycle. This is one of the worst myths about women.