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sek sist

  • n  a man with a chauvinistic belief in the inferiority of women
  • s  discriminatory on the basis of sex (usually said of men's attitude toward women)

  • It's one thing to portray a vaguely Eastern European, naively anti-Semitic, sexist, insensitive but somehow lovable lout.
  • As Bailey explains, "it's not sizeist or sexist or ageist.
  • They will not tolerate sexist treatment of Governor Palin.
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    MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia coach Olger Osieck has taken some shine off his team's World Cup qualifying win over Jordan with a sexist jibe that "women should shut up in public" before his post-match news conference.
    June 12, 2013 - The News-Times
  • 'KU Boobs' Twitter Account Embroiled in College Controversy
    The Kansas University variety, it seems, may have just become an endangered species of boob Confused? Here's some background. There is a certain Twitter account called @KUboobs. It does all it can to support Kansas Jayhawks sports (as well as, reportedly, breast cancer awareness) by posting user-submitted photos of bosomy women decked out in KU gear Yes, it's random, and possibly sexist. But it ...
    June 11, 2013 - Mashable
  • Dad says Aurora school lunch policy is 'sexist'
    AURORA - A father is fighting to get rid of a school lunch policy he calls "sexist."
    June 8, 2013 - 9 News Denver
Quotes

  • Katherine Heigl in San Francisco Chronicle
    But in a recent interview with Vanity Fair magazine, Heigl said, "It's a little sexist. It paints the women as shrews, as humorless and uptight and it paints the men as lovable, goofy, fun-loving guys. It was hard for me to love the movie."
  • Suzyn Waldman in Guardian Unlimited
    This turned into something pretty ugly,Waldman said in an interview. "I don't throw around the word 'sexist,' but this was as sexist as it gets."
  • Helen Zille in BBC News
    The Sowetan on Tuesday quoted Ms Zille as saying: "Zuma is a self-confessed womaniser with deeply sexist views, who put all his wives at risk by having unprotected sex with an HIV-positive woman."

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