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"Rude people are sexist" still means we have a 'systemic' problem of sexism. In fact, one might argue that rude people being sexist are worse than polite people
by rocqua 9y ago
"Rude people are sexist" still means we have a 'systemic' problem of sexism.
In fact, one might argue that rude people being sexist are worse than polite people being sexist. Because the rude people are more disruptive over all.
The statement 'sexism is everywhere' does not mean 'almost all people are sexist'. Instead, it means 'almost all women suffer from sexist attitudes in most areas of their lives.
If 10% of people are sexist, that is easily enough for all women to notice it.
I'd guess the real threshold is more like 3% of people being sexist.
- mdpopescu 9y agoSo, you're saying <grin> that the problem is actually very small?
- MereInterest 9y agoNo. The brake line on your car is a very small part of it. If it is cut, the problem is anything but small. That a small percentage of men can have a disproportionately large effect in no way implies that the problem is small.
- kirillseva 9y agothat's what she said
- dang 9y agoPlease don't do this here.
- DarkWiiPlayer 9y agoI think the term "sexist" is being used very lightly here. Sexism implies some sort of discrimination based on sex. Same goes for "sexual harassment"; harassment implies some degree of persistence, not just a single action. I think "indecent" behaviour is the most fitting word for this kind of problem.
- azernik 9y agoThese people are sending malicious messages to women but not men. This is straightforward discrimination based on sex.
- wruza 9y ago>I'd guess the real threshold is more like 3% of people being sexist. Rachel’s guess is 0.28%, or roughly 1 of 350.
- creep 9y agoYou're exactly right. This is a minority of men. Which is why, as a woman, I think we need to examine why this minority has such deep seated issues with women. It's not men in general, it's the fringes of society, and the fringes are very telling of the society as a whole. they represent all our fears and mistakes, because these fears and mistakes become all that they can perceive.