Our attitudes and behaviors are learned within a social context. There are two forms of discrimination. Institutional discrimination refers to unequal treatment that is entrenched in social institutions . One example would be segregated housing. Another idea here would be the concept of blocked opportunities.
Women lack power relative to men.
They do not hold high position and have fewer resources. Women are also developing a consciousness of themselves as a separate category of people with common interests. They are beginning to work together to achieve common goals. Women generally have better education than other minorities, yet in what they are able to achieve with that education, they are similar to other minorities. In fact, when education is held equal, women suffer more than racial and ethnic minorities.