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Subtle Not Sexy

Good Manners Often Mask Sexism — And They’re Restricting Women’s Agency

...being nice? Well, that is exactly how benevolent sexism works. In 1996, Peter Glick and Susan Fiske developed a theoretical framework of sexism, dividing it into two sub-components: ‘hostile sexism’...

Words Of A Feather

The Difference Between Sexism and Misogyny, and Why It Matters

...politicians effectively describes how sexism works. Besides being female, these politicians face double sexism: leadership is considered the domain of men, a domain of power, and sexism exists to ensure...

By Pallavi Prasad

The First Time People Experienced Sexism, and Their (Imagined) Responses

...pervasive sexism is, and all the ways in which it pervades into most of our lives. * Shreya, 18, found out about sexism when her younger brother was born. Now...

Dismantling The Bro Code

Cisgender, Heterosexual Men Tell Us How They Confront Sexism Against Women

...identify and recognize instances of sexism, so as to be able to help in more subtle ways, he adds. Tackling workplace sexism is tricky, Raghuram, 29, says. “If someone makes...

Women Who Face Sexism Are Three Times More Likely to Suffer from Poor Mental Health

...at UCL’s epidemiology and health care department, said in the university’s newsletter. “There are several possible explanations for the link between sexism and poorer mental health. Sexism may serve as...

By Anubhuti Matta

Classes on Misogyny

Woe Is Me! “The Sexism at My College Is Impacting My Mental Health. How Do I Navigate This?”

...classmates is academics. Plus, sexism is so rampant that this one time the bus drivers refused to drop off girls a few stops ahead, or even earlier, than the stipulated...

By The Swaddle Team

Joke or Sexism? Misogynist Humor Condones Prejudice

...do — creates a context that justifies the expression of prejudice against women and facilitates the tolerance of sexism. The semantics of a sexist joke is designed in such a...

By Pallavi Prasad

From ‘Cunt’ to ‘Careerwoman’: the Many Ways in Which Language Propagates Sexism

...that looks at how caste, class, gender, race, etc., affect language, and how language, in turn, socializes its speakers through encoded power structures. There are several ways in which sexism,...

By Pallavi Prasad

Study: Men Who Send Unsolicited Dick Pics Score Highly on Narcissism and Sexism

...Pennsylvania State University have concluded that, “men who reported having sent unsolicited dick pics demonstrated higher levels of narcissism. They also endorsed greater ambivalent and hostile sexism than their non-sending...

By Anubhuti Matta

The Buzz Cut: And the Oscar for Calling Out Sexism Goes To…

...Sexism. The 2018 Academy Awards continued the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, as actors called out sexism right and left. Best Actress Winner Frances McDormand gave a “rousing speech” in which...

By The Swaddle Team

Fight For The Right

For Women at Protests, Challenging NRC‑CAA Starts With Defying Sexism at Home

...from their families, is a first. And a very big sign that they are as ready to take on sexism as they are to challenge discriminatory laws. “In small towns...

By Anubhuti Matta

Misogyny Outlawed

Can We Ever Rewrite the Sexism, Casteism Woven In the Language of Indian Courts?

...language? Simply because “everything – the whole world – is gendered,” argues Rachna Chaudhary, a professor at Ambedkar University who has researched the impact of sexism within the Indian legal...

By Saumya Kalia

Where's My Mask?

How Sexism Leads to the Frequent Misdiagnosis of Autistic Women

Sexism within the medical community is among the biggest culprits behind women receiving late autism diagnoses; we know that gender bias in medical research has created a deficit of data pertaining...

By Devrupa Rakshit

Institutional Sexism

Women Officers Face Systemic Sexism in the Indian Police Force. Here’s How to Change That.

...exposed me to the systemic sexism present also within the police institution. The system still does not have adequate space for women to gain equal footing. Reservations about their psychological...

By Senjuti Chakrabarti

Bollywood’s ‘Age‑Old’ Sexism Problem

From Sonali Kulkarni playing Salman Khan’s mother in Bharat to Vani Kapoor playing Hrithik Roshan’s love interest in War, in this video, we do a detailed analysis of how sexism...

Not So Artificial

The Tech Industry’s Sexism, Racism Is Making Artificial Intelligence Less Intelligent

...weaknesses and sent to everyone’s private phone screens. Related on The Swaddle: The Sexism in Your Favourite Algorithms Ad-financed platforms like Facebook and Instagram boast that these ads are free,...

By Alina Gufran

Drake’s Softboi Image Masks His Subtle Sexism

...long as he can be the catalyst. How are these details about his work, life, and music, evading his fans’ decision-making process? The answer lies in sugarcoated, benevolent sexism that...

Ada Hegerberg Deserves to be Honored for Her Success in Football Without Being Undermined By Sexism

...girls can play sports, work, lead companies, fly planes and do everything that men can do. Sexism is continuing because men are still getting a pass for it. We’re still...

By Akhila Vijaykumar

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