Sexism

Sexism is prejudice or discrimination based on sex. Any attitude, action or institutional structure which systemically subordinates a person or group of people because of their sex, is said to be practicing sexism.

Sexism isn't always clearly understood, and the term is used inappropriately at times. One clear simple example of sexism is the not uncommon situation in which a women receives lower compensation for a job than a man, even when they both do the exact same job.

Sexism is also expressed structurally in society when certain behavioral attributes (for example, having multiple sexual partners), are considered acceptable for a male, but are socially frowned upon when the same social mores are applied to a female. This creates what many refer to as a double standard, one which coluld be viewed as sexist.

There are many websites and blogs which discuss sexism from a feminist perspective. Some good examples are Angry Black Bitch, where you'll see commentary on the Lily Ledbetter Free Pay Act, and Feministing, which takes a lighter more pop culture look at issues, often invovling sexism, on a daily basis. 

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Sexism”

• Men who buy sex: Who they buy and what they know

  
  feminist blogs — Authority: 162
  [image is from here]Consider the following statements made by men who buy sex from women. Consider the political function of secrecy. These men will say what they do, even when they know that what they do is criminal or abusive, and wont speak unless they are anonymous for this survey. Why do men get to keep secrets ...
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• Sex & The Divine (Not Divine Sex)

  
  mirabile dictu — Authority: 129
  The sinfulness of sexual pleasure has always had more than a fair bit to do with the sinfulness of woman. From an essay by Francine Prose at Lapham’s Quarterly : The debate over sex with the beautiful versus sex with the ugly had its twisted roots in the belief that there was an almost mathematical ratio between ...
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• What I’ve Noticed

  
  Gravity's Rainbow — Authority: 125
  Father most certainly does NOT know best . Some men go to strip clubs at least in part because they don’t know how to tell their guy friends they like them . The link above explains that women are glue.  This also suggests that women most certainly aren’t people . Jimmy Carter publicly denounces Southern ...
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• Essentialism Rears its Ugly Head: Chinese Shopping Centre Builds “Women-Only” Parking

  
  Feminists For Choice — Authority: 132
  Photo via BBC Because lord knows women don’t know how to drive. And they certainly can’t be trusted to park if the spaces aren’t decorated in so-called “girly” colors. No… I’m not kidding. A Chinese shopping center in the Hebei province has built a car park designed particularly for women. The objective ...
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• Being Vegetarian Turns Japanese Men into Girlie Eunuchs… Or Something Like That

  
  The Global Sociology Blog — Authority: 133
  That’s the gist of this ridiculous article from the Guardian from someone who, apparently, has not read a thing regarding the social construction and enforcement of gender. So, what are the “grass eaters” like? Let me count the ways (and the stereotypes): Japan’s ‘grass eaters’ turn their backs on ...
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• A Little Post-Christmas Revisionism on Original Sin

  
  Kittywampus — Authority: 125
  If I were still in Germany, yesterday would have still be Christmas – they celebrate a second Christmas Day, without even renaming it “Boxing Day” – and so I’m going to declare Christmas still in season. Or maybe I mean, it’s still open season on Christmas? Really, I just want an excuse to write down a few ...
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• Cherry Bomb.

  
  Fashion Feed of SL — Authority: 173
  I grew up in a household of men. I guess that’s why I am so mouthy and blunt. My brother and dad used to say there were no really good female musicians. At the time, I didn’t know any better to defend my sex. I felt so pissed off that there were no female artists I could look up too. By the time I got to college, ...
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• The End of It Takes a Team: Project That Challenged Homophobia in Sports is Cut

  
  Bitch Blogs — Authority: 137
  The sad news came down just a few weeks ago: It Takes a Team , the pioneering project of the Womens Sports Foundation dedicated to challenging homophobia in sports, has been canceled due to budget cuts. An educational program founded in 1996, It Takes a Team was based on four powerful facts: Many girls dont ...
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• Saturday Morning News and Views

  
  The Confluence — Authority: 609
  Good Morning Conflucians!!!! What’s happening out there in the world? The big story of this slow news day seems to be the attempted “terrorist attack” in Detroit. ABC News: Man Attempts to Set Off Explosives on Detroit-Bound Airplane Federal officials and police are interviewing a Nigerian man, who ...
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• The Light Inside or the Tap on Your Shoulder--Pay Attention

  
  The Portal to Boomeranger World — Authority: 116
  Can you feel it--the light coming back after my favorite day of winter--the Solstice? I can, I can already sense that the days are growing longer and the darkness is receding. Even more than the external darkness receding, I can feel my inner light flaring brighter. More energy, more creativity, more ideas flowing. ...
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• Christmas Day News and Views

  
  The Confluence — Authority: 609
  Peace on Earth Merry Christmas Conflucians! I hope everyone has a lovely day today. News events march onward, of course, despite the holiday season. Here are some stories that caught my eye this morning. Please add your own important and interesting links in the comments. If you haven’t see in it ...
  5 days ago

• Child-free for the Holidays: a Discussion from LiveJournal (edited)

  
  feminist blogs — Authority: 162
  I like the question that follows and believe this to be an important issue that is, in my experience, too rarely discussed, leaving those of us who are, whether by choice and privilege or not, without partners and without children of our own. I found some of the answers to be implicitly classist and racist, also ...
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  Balderdash — Authority: 133
  "In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice; In practice, there is." - Chuck Reid *** This isnt really anything we dont already know, but its nice to have more information about an under-studied problem. More women say: Touch Me, Pay Me Straits Times, 24th December [ Ed : At first I thought ...
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• Question Time: Gender and Disability

  
  FWD/Forward — Authority: 614
  Question Time is a series in which we open up the floor to you, commenters. We invite you to share as you feel comfortable. Or, the obvious one, given that this is a blog run by disabled feminists! And, reflecting that duality of identity, the question is also twofold: How have you experienced the intersection of ...
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• Tough Love – Sex and brainwashing

  
  Irresponsibility — Authority: 103
  Posted by Irresponsibility Steven Ward - the face of pure evil I have seen my share of ghastly television, but for sheer can’t-prise-my-peering-eyes-from-the-telly-nor-stifle-my-howls-of-anguish VH1’s alleged dating show Tough Love takes the chocolate chip biscuit. “Alleged” because Tough Love ...
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• Sara Kruzan, at the age of sixteen, sentenced to die in prison without the possibility of parole, for murdering the man who raped and pimped her

  
  feminist blogs — Authority: 162
  I found this on the blog "keep your coins -- I want change" here.There are so many forms of patriarchal injustice; locking up a teenager for killing her rapist-pimp of three years is one of them. Because, after all, pimps raping, turning out, and killing "their" girls and women is no crime at all.What makes me sad and ...
  6 days ago

• Feminists don’t have a sense of humor?! Have a listen…

  
  feminist blogs — Authority: 162
  All that follows is from here:I find it hilarious that in the Youtube comments on this video, some people insist ‘but she’s making fun of feminists…’. No wonder our anti-feminist friends think feminists lack a sense of humour, if they cannot even discern when someone is using irony…Nellie McKay, "Mother of ...
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• Happy Festivus

  
  Barefoot and Progressive — Authority: 620
  Consider this an open thread for the airing of grievances. Off the top of my head: Pres. Obama, I suspected all along that you were far more centrist than my bleeding-heart liberal friends were making you out to be during the primaries, but WTF? Democratic Party, I left you (again) several months ago, and I havent ...
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• Women & Health Care Reform: Not Under The Bus, Drivers Of The Bus

  
  Writes Like She Talks — Authority: 117
  From a source inside the Senate, I understand that the Senate’s vote on health care reform will now be at 7am tomorrow morning. (See more here .) A lot of attention, appropriately, has focused on how women fare under the House and Senate versions. But just in case you thought women weren’t organized, didn’t ...
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• To be LGBT and NOT to be GLBT: THAT is the question!

  
  feminist blogs — Authority: 162
  [image is from here] One closet Ill come out of right away is that I love creating political acronyms. Imagine how much fun I had coming up with CRAP in the summer of 2005! [Julian lights one up and takes a slow drag off a cigarette thinking back to that one glorious summer. Kidding. I dont smoke.] (See glossary to ...
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