Word Finder - sexism

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The belief that people of one sex or gender are inherently superior to others.

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The notion that either gender is superior is sexism.

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Discrimination or different treatment (e.g. in job opportunities) based on sex or gender.

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The fact that there is only one woman in a management position in that company makes it easy to believe that sexism runs rampant there.

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Attitudes or actions that are based on or promote the expectation that people adhere to stereotypical social roles (gender roles) based on sex.

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the sexism of making and promoting violent films for men and romantic comedies for women

So she gets out of the car and stages a protest against the inherent sexism in all traffic signs.

Class prejudice, sexism and academic snobbery is endemic within the legal profession.

But despite all of this women still earn less than men and have to contend with sexism in the media and advertising.

For example Will Hutton, in last week 's Observer, argued the secular world must object to Islamic sexism.

Sexism at augusta really designed to evening of chips history of the sport.

Domestic violence in the UK Chander's case highlights the inhumanity, racism and sexism of the UK Immigration and Asylum laws.

Part of the problem is it's mainly men that are carrying out the recruitment, maybe it's a kind of institutionalized sexism.

A man ca n't do that, as he has not directly experienced sexism and would not know which issues women want to prioritize.

Business is committed to ensuring that sexism in the workplace is eradicated and that all employees are paid equally for the job they do.

Yet the women in hip-hop did not challenge the sexism in the industry.

I think the notion that there is not sexism against men and that it is general issue is comical.

Sexism in advertising, through offensive images of women used to sell products for example, is not outlawed by the Sex Discrimination Act.

They advocate reducing poverty as a way to fight crime, and also - and they came out and said it - reducing sexism.

How can the SU Executive oppose sexism or sexual harassment without now being hypocritical?

A man can't do that, as he has not directly experienced sexism and would not know which issues women want to prioritize.

Censorship can have the effect of simply hiding institutional sexism, for example.

For them it is a constant struggle against tradition, prejudice and overt sexism.

For example Will Hutton, in last week's Observer, argued the secular world must object to Islamic sexism.

This is in part due to the general sexism of late 19th century bourgeois society.

Some of these tales have aged better than others - some of them even outrage modern sensibilities with the inherent sexism of their underlying assumptions.