sexism
sexism
Definition
☆ sex·ism (seks′iz′əm)
noun
discrimination against people on the basis of sex; specif., discrimination against, and prejudicial stereotyping of, women
Etymology: sex + (rac)ism
sex′·ist adjective, noun
sexism
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- challenge: Yet the women in hip-hop did not challenge the sexism in the industry.
- reduce: They advocate reducing poverty as a way to fight crime, and also - and they came out and said it - reducing sexism.
- institutionalize: Part of the problem is it's mainly men that are carrying out the recruitment, maybe it's a kind of institutionalized sexism.
- oppose: How can the SU Executive oppose sexism or sexual harassment without now being hypocritical?
- experience: A man can't do that, as he has not directly experienced sexism and would not know which issues women want to prioritize.
Preposition: against
- man: I think the notion that there is not sexism against men and that it is general issue is comical.
Adjective modifier
- blatant: BUT... I have to protest at your blatant sexism.
- institutional: Censorship can have the effect of simply hiding institutional sexism, for example.
- overt: For them it is a constant struggle against tradition, prejudice and overt sexism.
- inherent: So she gets out of the car and stages a protest against the inherent sexism in all traffic signs.
- linguistic: Holmes, Janet ( 1999 ) Ladies and gentlemen: corpus analysis and linguistic sexism.
- Islamic: For example Will Hutton, in last week's Observer, argued the secular world must object to Islamic sexism.
Preposition: at
- augusta: Sexism at augusta really designed to evening of chips history of the sport.
Preposition: in
- medium: But despite all of this women still earn less than men and have to contend with sexism in the media and advertising.
- workplace: Business is committed to ensuring that sexism in the workplace is eradicated and that all employees are paid equally for the job they do.
- advertising: Sexism in advertising, through offensive images of women used to sell products for example, is not outlawed by the Sex Discrimination Act.
Preposition: of
- society: This is in part due to the general sexism of late 19th century bourgeois society.
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