Does THIS Seem at all Sexist to Anyone?

[LadyHawkAZ]

100. He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster.

~Nietzsche (a sexist himself)

You don't wage a successful war on sexism by becoming what you're fighting against. Right now women's sexism doesn't pack nearly the social punch that men's sexism does because the power dynamic is not equal, but eventually that will change. I'd prefer the change to be a renaissance, not just a reversal, and that the entire idea of gender stereotypes become a sad footnote in history books.

The um-ers and searches for a different word are disappointing. Per Merriam Webster:
1
: prejudice or discrimination based on sex; especially : discrimination against women
2
: behavior, conditions, or attitudes that foster stereotypes of social roles based on sex

It doesn't meet the first description, but does meet the second. If we're going to get collectively disgusted (and we SHOULD get collectively disgusted) about a man assuming a woman couldn't be logical or intelligent, we shouldn't be trying to minimize a woman thinking a man couldn't be emotional or connected with nature.

I'm going to ignore the whole subthread as irrelevant to the issue- I read through the other thread, and only one person asked for context- no one assumed there might have been a misunderstanding, or that the man might have thought they saw a post on the person's gender elsewhere, or any other caveat. Everyone quite rightly called it out as sexist. It is a pretty good demonstration of how deep these attitudes and stereotypes run in society and how difficult it can be to see it in yourself.

Just my two cents, everyone else's mileage may vary.

I await with amused interest an increase in the number of people blocking me.