Sexist
adjective
Showing or caused by unfair opinions based on someone's gender.
His sexist remark about women drivers offended many people.
Often appears as...
- sexist remark
- sexist attitude
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Disapproving
noun
A person who discriminates based on gender.
John was accused of being a sexist because of his disrespectful comments towards women.
Often appears as...
- accused of being a sexist
- blatant sexist
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Disapproving
adjective
Showing or caused by unfair opinions based on someone's gender.
His sexist remark about women drivers offended many people.
Often appears as...
- sexist remark
- sexist attitude
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A person who discriminates based on gender.
John was accused of being a sexist because of his disrespectful comments towards women.
Often appears as...
- accused of being a sexist
- blatant sexist
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
Understand some terms seen as sexist vary across cultures; what's offensive in one may not be in another.
In some cultures, calling a woman 'sweetheart' at work is seen as a sexist term.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Implications
Sexist language often implies that one gender is superior to another, even if not directly stated.
Describing a task as simple enough 'even for a woman' is a subtly sexist statement.
Pro Tip 3/3Nonverbal Sexism
Sexist attitudes aren't just in words; they can be conveyed through actions or body language too.
Rolling his eyes when she spoke was a nonverbal sexist gesture.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
Understand some terms seen as sexist vary across cultures; what's offensive in one may not be in another.
In some cultures, calling a woman 'sweetheart' at work is seen as a sexist term.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Implications
Sexist language often implies that one gender is superior to another, even if not directly stated.
Describing a task as simple enough 'even for a woman' is a subtly sexist statement.
Pro Tip 3/3Nonverbal Sexism
Sexist attitudes aren't just in words; they can be conveyed through actions or body language too.
Rolling his eyes when she spoke was a nonverbal sexist gesture.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
Understand some terms seen as sexist vary across cultures; what's offensive in one may not be in another.
In some cultures, calling a woman 'sweetheart' at work is seen as a sexist term.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Implications
Sexist language often implies that one gender is superior to another, even if not directly stated.
Describing a task as simple enough 'even for a woman' is a subtly sexist statement.
Pro Tip 3/3Nonverbal Sexism
Sexist attitudes aren't just in words; they can be conveyed through actions or body language too.
Rolling his eyes when she spoke was a nonverbal sexist gesture.
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Jackson Katz: Violence...
Now, I know it's a bit pompous, my response, but it's an important distinction, because I don't believe that what we need is sensitivity training. We need leadership training, because, for example, when a professional coach or a manager of a baseball team or a football team -- and I work extensively in that realm as well -- makes a sexist comment, makes a homophobic statement,
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A queer vision of love...
OK, now for all the talking, and inspiring, and possibility-modeling we've done, we've been nowhere near perfect. And we've had to hold a mirror up to ourselves. And I saw that I wasn't always the best listener, and that my ego got in the way of our progress as a couple. And I've had to really assess these deep-seated, sexist ideas
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LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
time ago he said it would be the undoing of our sanity and that's exactly what's happening we are acting like fools because of what we see on television and a leader that spends a lot of time on television saying racist sexist ageist homophobic ethics ethnocentric things our students don't it shouldn't have to
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What does my headscarf...
Unconscious bias is not the same as conscious discrimination. I'm not saying that in all of you, there's a secret sexist or racist or ageist lurking within, waiting to get out. That's not what I'm saying. We all have our biases. They're the filters through which we see the world around us.
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The Year in Ideas: TED...
that happen in the bumpy road to equality but there are also stories of hope and courage in every corner of the world unconscious bias is not the same as conscious discrimination I'm not saying that in all of you there's a secret sexist or racist or urges like lurking
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Leonard Susskind: My...
In fact, he had been convinced at one time that to be a good physicist, it was very important to have had that kind of relationship with your father. I apologize for the sexist conversation here, but this is the way it really happened.
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How to let go of being a...
Either you are a racist or a sexist or a homophobe or you're not. And in this either-or definition, there's no room to grow. And by the way, this is not what we do in most parts of our lives. Life, if you needed to learn accounting,
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Calling out misogyny in...
panel's point was to raise awareness in a way that did not shame male gamers as a woman I was sexist and even misogynistic attend to my own gender sometimes when you've been immersed in the environment for long enough it
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How I responded to...
But the entire panel's point was to raise awareness in a way that did not shame male gamers. As a woman, I was sexist, and even misogynistic, against my own gender.
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Is Humanity Smart Enough...
Now I am aware that the algorithms ubiquitous in everyday life are racist, sexist, gendered, trivializing, stoke division, amplify bias.
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Jackson Katz: Violence...
Now, I know it's a bit pompous, my response, but it's an important distinction, because I don't believe that what we need is sensitivity training. We need leadership training, because, for example, when a professional coach or a manager of a baseball team or a football team -- and I work extensively in that realm as well -- makes a sexist comment, makes a homophobic statement,
Video examples
A queer vision of love...
OK, now for all the talking, and inspiring, and possibility-modeling we've done, we've been nowhere near perfect. And we've had to hold a mirror up to ourselves. And I saw that I wasn't always the best listener, and that my ego got in the way of our progress as a couple. And I've had to really assess these deep-seated, sexist ideas
Video examples
LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
time ago he said it would be the undoing of our sanity and that's exactly what's happening we are acting like fools because of what we see on television and a leader that spends a lot of time on television saying racist sexist ageist homophobic ethics ethnocentric things our students don't it shouldn't have to
Video examples
What does my headscarf...
Unconscious bias is not the same as conscious discrimination. I'm not saying that in all of you, there's a secret sexist or racist or ageist lurking within, waiting to get out. That's not what I'm saying. We all have our biases. They're the filters through which we see the world around us.
Video examples
The Year in Ideas: TED...
that happen in the bumpy road to equality but there are also stories of hope and courage in every corner of the world unconscious bias is not the same as conscious discrimination I'm not saying that in all of you there's a secret sexist or racist or urges like lurking
Video examples
Leonard Susskind: My...
In fact, he had been convinced at one time that to be a good physicist, it was very important to have had that kind of relationship with your father. I apologize for the sexist conversation here, but this is the way it really happened.
Video examples
How to let go of being a...
Either you are a racist or a sexist or a homophobe or you're not. And in this either-or definition, there's no room to grow. And by the way, this is not what we do in most parts of our lives. Life, if you needed to learn accounting,
Video examples
Calling out misogyny in...
panel's point was to raise awareness in a way that did not shame male gamers as a woman I was sexist and even misogynistic attend to my own gender sometimes when you've been immersed in the environment for long enough it
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How I responded to...
But the entire panel's point was to raise awareness in a way that did not shame male gamers. As a woman, I was sexist, and even misogynistic, against my own gender.
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Is Humanity Smart Enough...
Now I am aware that the algorithms ubiquitous in everyday life are racist, sexist, gendered, trivializing, stoke division, amplify bias.
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Anita Sarkeesian
Canadian Critic
GamerGate is really a sexist temper tantrum. That's kind of a silly, funny way of putting it, but it's kind of what it feels like, right? They're going after and targeting women who are trying to make changes in the industry. They're attacking anyone who supports women.
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Keren Woodward
English Musician
We had to pose with towels wrapped around us, holding rubber rings, that sort of thing. The turning point came when a photographer asked us to get on a fur rug and crawl like cats. We said no, because it was sexist and disrespectful.
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Siobhan Fahey
British Musician
They said I was a married mother of two but the record sounded like an indie album and they didn't know how to market it! This country is incredibly sexist, as is the music and media industry.
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Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss
American Designer
To presume that my greatest achievement is that I dated someone famous twenty years ago is completely sexist and anti-woman. It's lazy, nasty journalism that makes me sad about our world.
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Warren Farrell
American Writer
So long as you create laws that define women as victims, as creatures that demand protection, that need bodyguards, you are going to perpetuate the very worst of our sexist past.
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Zig Ziglar
American Author
The six people who had the biggest impact on my life were all women. Had I been sexist, my life would have been far less fulfilling.
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Betty Williams
Irish Activist
I'm not sexist in any way - sexism is another form of violence, and there are many great men in this world.
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Ksenia Sobchak
Russian Politician
I wish I were a man. It would make my life easier in this sexist society.
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Stormy Daniels
American Celebrity
How sexist and rude to say that my job defines my character.
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Barbara Broccoli
American Producer
The world is still sexist.
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Anita Sarkeesian
Canadian Critic
GamerGate is really a sexist temper tantrum. That's kind of a silly, funny way of putting it, but it's kind of what it feels like, right? They're going after and targeting women who are trying to make changes in the industry. They're attacking anyone who supports women.
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Keren Woodward
English Musician
We had to pose with towels wrapped around us, holding rubber rings, that sort of thing. The turning point came when a photographer asked us to get on a fur rug and crawl like cats. We said no, because it was sexist and disrespectful.
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Siobhan Fahey
British Musician
They said I was a married mother of two but the record sounded like an indie album and they didn't know how to market it! This country is incredibly sexist, as is the music and media industry.
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Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss
American Designer
To presume that my greatest achievement is that I dated someone famous twenty years ago is completely sexist and anti-woman. It's lazy, nasty journalism that makes me sad about our world.
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Warren Farrell
American Writer
So long as you create laws that define women as victims, as creatures that demand protection, that need bodyguards, you are going to perpetuate the very worst of our sexist past.
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Zig Ziglar
American Author
The six people who had the biggest impact on my life were all women. Had I been sexist, my life would have been far less fulfilling.
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Betty Williams
Irish Activist
I'm not sexist in any way - sexism is another form of violence, and there are many great men in this world.
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Ksenia Sobchak
Russian Politician
I wish I were a man. It would make my life easier in this sexist society.
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Stormy Daniels
American Celebrity
How sexist and rude to say that my job defines my character.
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Barbara Broccoli
American Producer
The world is still sexist.
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