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user-inactivated · 3587 days ago · link · · parent · post: Editor's blog: I am sexist Let's talk about how, why and what I'm doing about it.
That's not actually what it means to be sexist. I could just as easily say it's sexist to shoot a woman, only later it's revealed the woman was shot in the middle of a battlefield in combat, and suddenly it becomes surprisingly unsexist since said woman was being shot at equally with the men. It is the context that makes it sexist, not the act itself.It is a sexist act because it requires violence against a woman