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Originally Posted by rubecube
I'm finding it difficult to think of something that is sexist but not misogynist and vice-versa.
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I don't agree. I think there's plenty of sexism that isn't misogynistic.
Iggy Pop is I think a good example.
Very sexist (nsfw link), not misogynist.
That picture brings to mind a truly and openly misogynistic comment type that is all too common in hockey and even on this site, labeling unlikable players "girly".
The problem with sexism isn't so much that it exists, but more that it's so one-sided and that it's so easy to attach some really bad crap on the side of otherwise harmless things. Sexism is IMO fine if it's consensual, but in our society it rarely is. Women just have to put up with too much of it.
I mean, I don't think the goal of "the PC police" as some call it is to get rid of sexism. What I think is a somewhat achievable goal is limiting it to a point where it bothers people's lives less.
Btw, I think one option would be to just to moving it into some subforum.
It might be interesting to see how much less traffic it would get if it wasn't constantly on the first page of the main Off topic -page. After all, if people forget about it if it's not constantly in front of them, then I guess it's not that valuable as a part of the forums?