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Can only women be victims of sexism then?

• smt88 10y ago
  Definitely not. Men are also the victims of sexism. But the world is (and has been) controlled by men in most societies. Women suffer the most from sexism, so knowing the scope of sexism requires being a woman.
• xor1 10y ago
  Plenty of people actually have this position, "you can only be racist or sexist if you have power", i.e you belong to the dominant sex or race. The truth is that power is based on wealth and class, not your gender, race, or ethnicity.
  • smt88 10y ago
    There's a difference between racism and bias. We're all biased, but racism is an ideology that subordinate races are inferior, and that's why they're subordinate. Also, there are many ways that wealth and class are derived from gender and race.
    • xor1 10y ago
      >There's a difference between racism and bias. We're all biased, but racism is an ideology that subordinate races are inferior, and that's why they're subordinate. Yes, that's what I consider the true definition of racism, but that is not the definition of racism that's currently being used in contemporary American political discourse. >Also, there are many ways that wealth and class are derived from gender and race. Sure, but they are overwhelmingly hereditary.