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sexist

[sek-sist] / ˈsɛk sɪst /






NOUN
misogynist
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But their single “Racist, Sexist Boy” became an ultra-viral hit after that library set.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2024

“You hear a youngness when you listen to these songs,” says musicologist Lily Hirsch, author of “Can’t Stop the Grrrls: Confronting Sexist Labels in Music from Ariana Grande to Yoko Ono.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2023

Fiona Texeire, a co-founder of the Observatory of Sexual and Sexist Violence in Politics, said that some women leave politics “because it is not an environment where you can work in perfect safety.”

From New York Times • May 23, 2022

A new "Gender-Inclusive/Non-Sexist Language Guidelines and Resources" page made by the Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the University of Pittsburgh features a section titled "Terms to Use to Avoid Sexist Language."

From Fox News • Oct. 26, 2021

Sexist lyrics stopped appearing in their songs, and the 1994 song “Sure Shot” famously included a verse in which MCA explicitly apologized for the group’s past misogyny.

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2019




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