Category Archives: sexism

FAQ: Don’t women have “female privilege”?

February 9, 2008 · by · in clarifying-concepts, FAQ, FWW, privilege, sexism

Short answer: No, what is commonly called “female privilege” is better described as benevolent sexism. Systems like the draft and chivalry often seem advantageous to women at first glance, but when examined more closely they in fact reinforce sexist institutions that keep both women and men from true equality. Also, it should be noted that, […]

Feed the FAQ: “rape apologist” definitions, clarifications and links

January 22, 2008 · by · in feminism, privilege, sexism, violence

I’d like to get some wider input into this one. The suggestion was made that we need a specific FAQ, and I think we do. This was my first take in comments answering that suggestion:

Feminism Friday: Humour as a tool for shaming and silencing

November 9, 2007 · by · in clarifying-concepts, Feminism Friday, no-sense-of-humour, objectification, privilege, sexism

Last week’s Feminism Friday post was on why Rape Jokes Just Aren’t Funny, based on a series from Melissa McEwan of Shakesville, and at the crosspost on Hoyden About Town Bernice made a telling comment. Humour – the final frontier of colonialisation. You really now you’ve co-opted someone into the frame of dominance from which […]

Happy Halloween

October 31, 2007 · by · in no-sense-of-humour, objectification, oppression, sexism, sleazebags

Scare us all! Open thread for creepy stories and revoltingly sexist costume links (because strangely, we don’t see superheroes in costumes like this, at this time of year or any other). Alternatively, if you’re doing something kickarse for Halloween or Samhain, link here to your posts about it.

FAQ: What is “internalized sexism”?

October 20, 2007 · by · in clarifying-concepts, FAQ, sexism

Short definition: Internalized sexism is the involuntary internalization by women of the sexist messages that are present in their societies and culture. It also the way in which women reinforce sexism by utilizing and relaying sexist messages that they’ve internalized.

FAQ: What is “sexism”?

October 19, 2007 · by · in clarifying-concepts, FAQ, introductory, sexism

Short definition: Sexism is both discrimination based on gender and the attitudes, stereotypes, and the cultural elements that promote this discrimination. Given the historical and continued imbalance of power, where men as a class are privileged over women as a class (see male privilege), an important, but often overlooked, part of the term is that […]

Feminism Friday: The origins of the word “sexism”

October 19, 2007 · by · in Feminism Friday, Second Wave, sexism

Although it has long since become a household phrase, the origins of the term “sexism” are not widely known. In researching this article, I found that the term is most commonly dated to the 1968 paper “Freedom for Movement Girls – Now”, however there are actually two other known appearances of this word prior to […]

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