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Stealing a definition from below: > Sexism definition: Prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, typically against women, on the basis of sex. I'm not argui
by detst 14y ago
Stealing a definition from below:
> Sexism definition: Prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, typically against women, on the basis of sex.
I'm not arguing that this isn't a terrible, unwarranted attack; I'm arguing against the dilution of the term. Not every attack against a person of another race is racist and not every attack against a women is sexist.
Where is the "basis on sex" in this story (genuine question, i.e. did her gender motivate the attack)? Without this, you can call it many things but not sexist.
- steveklabnik 14y agoI am not making any statement about who is or is not sexist in this instance. I am solely talking about the role of intent with regards to actions that may or may not be sexist. Also, note that that definition is not the one that most people who care about this topic use. That would be 'sexual discrimination.' Sexism is a systemic cultural force of sexual discrimination. That said, it's not particularly relevant to what I'm saying either, but I thought I'd mention it.
- erikpukinskis 14y ago> Where is the "basis on sex" in this story The type of attack (porn) seems gender-specific to me. And it's plausible to me that the "same old face" critique is more prevalent with women speakers than with men. How many talks does a man have to give, on average, to get that response, vs. OP's total of three?