Am I missing something? When did "sexist" start to mean being attracted to a person and acting on that attraction by pursuing an intimate relationship? """What

Am I missing something? When did "sexist" start to mean being attracted to a person and acting on that attraction by pursuing an intimate relationship? """What startled me the most was the fact that when he was a young, boyish looking professor at Cornell, Feynman used to pretend to be a student so he could ask undergraduate women out. I suspect that this kind of behavior on the part of a contemporary professor would almost certainly lead to harsh disciplinary action, as it should. The behavior was clearly, egregiously wrong and when I read about it my view of Feynman definitely went down a notch, and a large notch at that.""" Obviously these weren't his students (or they would have recognized him of course), so there is no power differential or conflict of interest. An individual may or may not consider lying/exaggerating about your occupation/age to ask someone out creepy (or even cute), but "clearly, egregiously wrong" seems a bit extreme. Worse lies have been told for the same purposes. Nonetheless lying in your personal life should not "certainly lead to harsh disciplinary action" unless it is affecting your work or colleagues. Sexism should be narrowly defined: discriminating professionally against someone due to their gender. The author himself admits: As far as we know, there is no evidence that Feynman discriminated against women in his career Thus, based on available evidence, Richard Feynman, eccentric, heterosexual playboy that he may have been, was not a sexist. QED.