Word: sexist
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Among other things, the devil is a sexist pig. Even a cursory look through the literature of demonology discloses that he often negotiates with men but rudely possesses women. The Exorcist is about the possession of a young female, but it has nothing to do with literature. It is a pretentious, tasteless, abominably written, redundant pastiche of superficial theology, comic-book psychology, Grade C movie dialogue and Grade Z scatology. In short, The Exorcist will be a bestseller and almost certainly a drive-in movie...
...Flesh sexist? Near the beginning of the movie, Joe says to his wife, "Do you want to make me happy?" When she says yes, Joe continues, "Then do my laundry." In a way, there's enough self-parody here to wipe out the chauvinism. And even if there weren't. Joe isn't so much sexist as bored. The scene takes place in bed, Joe sprawled naked next to his wife. Joe is as much a sex object as his partner. Everyone in the movie, in fact, is in some sense an object, and most of the objects...
...settled into a routine. Frisbee and smoking grass were signal diversions. One group commenced a surreal Blow-Up basketball game with an imaginary ball. Finally, a prison warden produced the real thing. Separate latrines were established; a modest covering was provided in the one for females, a gesture labeled "sexist" by women's liberationists. Regular prisoners from the overlooking cell blocks threw down friendly gifts of oranges and tobacco. Late in the afternoon, when the wind picked up and the sun dipped behind the clouds, a city prisoner even tossed down his trousers with a note: "Here...
...Stones also must be criticized as the most sexist major rock group. (Led Zeppelin and the Stooges may in fact be more sexist, but it's hard to believe that anyone would ever take them seriously.) In their stage act and in most of their songs, the Stones glorify all the worst forms and aspects of current sexual behavior. Their particular kind of macho, which has at various times seemed either appealing or offensive, has by now merely grown insipid with repetition...
...petition placing Davis on the ballot states that Davis's election is sought as "a symbol against the racist, sexist, imperialist policies of the Establishment...