definitions
Rick Merrill
esp.
"# The view, articulated in the 19th century, that women are inherently
equal to men and deserve equal rights and opportunities. More recently,
a social and political movement that took hold in the United States in
the late 1960s, soon spreading globally.
usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/oal/gloss.htm"
Why isn't "sexism" used as a rally cry? - Rick
# Prejudice or discrimination based on gender. Like other "isms," sexism
can be personal, as when someone tells a joke or makes a remark that
demeans a woman because of his or her gender, or institutional, as when
women are paid less than men doing the same work.
www.culturalpartnerships.org/productspubs/glossary.asp
# defines the ideology of male supremacy, of male superiority and of
beliefs that support and sustain it. Sexism and patriarchy mutually
reinforce one another. source
www.ruralwomyn.net/define.html
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