Word: sexism
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...bite them. Through their relentless use of their own sexuality, from wearing mini-skirts and slinky dresses as “business attire,” to using flirtation as a marketing strategy, these ladies not only made fools of themselves, but they also endorsed the same kind of sexism that they later claimed to be victims of. Sorry girls, you just can’t have it both ways...
...children of the sixties, were all radicalized during the anti-war movement. But it turned out that the radical left was quite sexist, relegating the ‘girls’ to traditional get-the-coffee, type the letters roles. This signaled to all of us that sexism runs deep and symbolized the subordinate role that males, whatever their political stripe, thought should be our lot. Look, Sandra Day O’Connor graduated third in her class at Stanford Law and the only job she could get out of law school...
...Typically, each Angels episode makes sure at least one co-star strips down to a bikini in the first ten minutes, the better to keep males in a state of gape-jawed passivity and expectation thereafter ... Even people connected with the show seem abashed by its implicit sexism ... Farrah Fawcett-Majors, the spectacularly maned frosted blond who is first among equals as a sex object [is] seen braless on all the shows. She has even on occasion refused to don a bikini, not because she has an objection to the costume but because she felt the only rationale...
...when the group endorsed her candidacy. “I love Joe Lieberman, but he’s not a woman,” explained C. DeLores Tucker, chair of the National Congress of Black Women, who is also behind Moseley Braun. These comments embody the same narrow-minded sexism the groups claim to contest...
...course. Despite these efforts I still shy away from a deck of cards and a suggestion of a friendly game. I’m cut off from a whole world of poker references and from ever fully understanding those famous movie scenes. Is there a reason? Repressed anxiety? Underlying sexism in the world of gambling...