A recent study, conducted by Janet Swim and Julia Becker, was just released and I honestly don't know what to think of it. The study delves into different levels of sexism and both genders' reaction to them. It was found that men whom actually take the time to listen to women, understand where they're coming from and illustrate a genuine candor for their feelings, were much less prone to committing acts of blatant sexism and were much more understanding of women whom were offended by such acts. Okay, that sounds reasonable enough. However, when we move on to some subtle acts of sexism and even what is coined "benevolent sexism," I have to scratch my head a bit, at both the study and also some of the following comments on the page. One of the subtle acts of sexism was described as when a man calls a woman "girl". I can understand this in certain contexts, but I think that the level of offensiveness of that term, "girl," has waned some in th...
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