Equality in Psychological Disorders: Addressing How Sexist Discrimination Plays A Role in Women’s Mental Health

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  1. Hi, my name is Elena Brianna's.
  2. And my project proposal is addressing how sexist discrimination plays
  3. a role in women's mental health.
  4. Research has shown those who experience sexism are more likely
  5. to exhibit symptoms of psychological disorders.
  6. Mhm. Studies have also shown women who experience a low
  7. amount of sexist discrimination exhibit similar symptoms of psychological disorders.
  8. Men do, whereas women who have experienced a high amount
  9. of sexist discrimination exhibit is significantly higher amount of symptoms
  10. of psychological disorders.
  11. So the main plan being proposed is to create a
  12. routine support groups and workshops led by psychologists of the
  13. community to build a better environment for both men and
  14. women. Okay, so what are our goals?
  15. Our goals are to bring awareness to the negative influences
  16. of sexism and sexist discrimination.
  17. To increase the in conversation about sexism, decrease the experience
  18. of sexist stressors.
  19. Women and some men face, increase the education of psychological
  20. disorders, create a safe space for individuals of the community
  21. to voice their experiences and to create workshops to educate
  22. about sexism and how to better the community.
  23. What are our needs?
  24. Our needs are community volunteers and psychologists.
  25. To facilitate workshops and support groups, participants to assist in
  26. our research to find the correlation between sexist discrimination and
  27. symptoms of psychological disorders.
  28. The participants will be participating in a questionnaire that addresses
  29. and measures sexist discrimination and the correlation with symptoms of
  30. psychological disorders.
  31. We're looking for a group of diverse ethnic backgrounds, a
  32. wide age range from adolescence to late adulthood with any
  33. educational level.
  34. So what is our estimated budget Are estimated budget is
  35. about $40,000, not counting the in kind contributions in kind
  36. contributions like community psychologists and volunteers that provide their time
  37. Is estimated to be about $20,000.
  38. And the community centers and buildings for the workshops and
  39. support groups are estimated to be about 10,000.
  40. So in total, the estimated budget is $70,000.
  41. So please join us to help promote the education of
  42. the effects of sexist discrimination towards women, how it plays
  43. a role in women's mental health and the importance of
  44. creating change to empower our community.
  45. Connect with us on our facebook at here's a fake
  46. facebook name.
  47. Thank you.