Search Details

Word: sexistence (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Society's definition of sex "has always been very sexist," focused on the vagina, penis and orgasm rather than the clitoris, Hite said, adding that most men see women as"traps and burdens, but the best that can be expected for overcoming loneliness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Hite Report' Author Challenges Biological View of Sex Roles | 10/15/1981 | See Source »

...Loved Me (Science Center): Sexist violence. You remember which Bond this one was--Barbara Bach, the Pyramids, Jaws--ah, you remember now. Here, let me ruin the beginning for you: he has a parachute...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On Streep Street | 10/15/1981 | See Source »

...entirely sexist to say that Rich and Famous, based on a famous "woman's picture," has not changed its thesis, however oddly it sometimes characterizes its leading ladies. What was implicit in the old film, namely that men are no good, is now painfully explicit. The husband Bergen sheds, once she begins her climb, is basically a nerd. The man Bisset finally decides might be all right-he is, in the current fashion, younger than she is and without a traditionally masculine brain wave-dumps her for her friend's daughter. The conviction of its stars, however carries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Star Turns on a Slippery Road | 10/12/1981 | See Source »

Before I saw So Fine, I tried to think up clever ways to describe what I was sure would be yet another tasteless sex comedy. How many ways are there to say dumb, unfunny, and sexist? I almost wished I had seen Bo's A Change of Seasons just so I could draw some comparisons...

Author: By David J. Waldstein, | Title: More Than Just T & A | 10/1/1981 | See Source »

...despite its impact, menstrual distress rarely has stirred medical interest. Some attribute the neglect to sexist bias by a male-dominated medical Establishment. Says Family Practitioner Penny Budoff of the State University of New York at Stony Brook: "Many physicians act as if pain is women's due and getting rid of it is almost sacrilegious." A more basic reason may be that doctors have been unable to explain the link between a bewildering array of physical and psychological problems and a normal physiological event. As a result, women have been urged to cope as best they can with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Coping with Eve's Curse | 7/27/1981 | See Source »

Previous | 141 | 142 | 143 | 144 | 145 | 146 | 147 | 148 | 149 | 150 | 151 | 152 | 153 | 154 | 155 | 156 | 157 | 158 | 159 | 160 | 161 | Next