50 Women Who Called Out Sexist Things That Are Still Blatantly Accepted

She’s a future leader!

YES

I agree.

Priorities!

Agree. But they don’t actually respect that man. They just say “but he don’t mind if you have friends, right?” “I have a boyfriend” really only works because some men think it’s the only possible way THEY could be rejected when mama said they were so handsome!

DAMN!

But men do say "I hate women" and other statements like that all the time. Half of all Boomer jokes boil down to "wife bad".

So true

For those saying "not all men," that also proves the point. It was never the clothes. Still, people continue to blame women for dressing "provocatively."

My friend told me she was so happy she is turning 40, because finally people have stopped with the baby questions, because now they think maybe she does not have kids because she is too old. And now she does not have do defend herself for not having kids. Jeez, why can't people just back off? Like, do people ask a women questions like that because they think they forgot to have kids and they need to be reminded?

It isn’t logical, it’s sexist and ageist and pro forced birth, and by nature illogical.

And you know... controlling themselves instead of blaming others for their actions...but I’m an atheist who is going to hell. What do I know, besides they have crazy lit parties in hell.

Absolutely!! We don't even wear makeup or paint our nails to impress men. If there were no men in the world we would look exactly like we do now - but wear much less clothes....

The lesson that we can take from all this is that people need to keep their nose out of other people's private parts. End of story.

And yet it's been given such a negative connotation :(

So many issues approached in just a dozen words. Clever girl.

Try it with race too. "First White Astronaut", "First White President."

Yep, in my country they give condoms for free, to help prevent spread of STDs, many people want them to do this with Tampons, Heck, even just get rid of the VAT on Tampons.

How do we get this higher up the list?

"How convenient it was when we could assault them and they would just shut up... good ol' times"

Not just "every woman you know", just "Every Woman".

Most of the action taken to protect women from sexual assault helps men as well. The activism, even when based mostly on cases involving women, results in gender-neutral legislation.

I truly hate the phrase boys will be boys.

Yes. Consent is the MOST BASIC thing to know... It's what makes us human.

The only appropriate response to this is "Yes." If they're unaware enough to ask it, that's the answer they deserve

Thank you Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner!

The entire Trump presidency was invasive.

This made me laugh out loud. For real.

Absolutely nothing wrong with braids. It's your hair... do with it what you want! Braids look great on her!

I don’t shame hypocrites for having the same amount or more sex than others. I just like seeing them flustered while they try to work out why it’s okay for them.

this hasn't aged well in Australia

It's also none of your neighbour's business

Haha! I wish I could have been there to laugh in his face

Wow, they cry you didn’t like sports? I figured it would be a relief to many men who don’t like the pressure of having to enjoy sports when they don’t. I’ve never dated a guy who seriously cares about sports. That’s so cringe and middle America basic.

I look forward to my periods (kind of). I am either in a near death state of being, or I push myself at the gym to get through the things I hate at the same time. (Exercise is good for you. I can have a hate/love relationship with it.) EDIT: I have passed out, vomited, and were sent to the hospital from pms pains. For some odd reason, I push myself even more during “let the gates of hell open” week. I still got three tubs of ice cream.

They do.

Definitely social conditioning.

That last thing with SpongeBob won't change.

Unless you're careful, boys are taught to believe their feelings are logic. Girls are gaslit to believe their logic are feelings.

When I was in high school, the teacher asked for boys to help her with carrying things. A girl asked why she's only asking boys. The teachers response "Its really heavy." I know much of the girls in that room can carry much more than my male body.

Wait i don't understand what Matt Pearce is saying. Would someone explain?

this should be way higher!

Exactly! Victim blaming is never useful.

"Pull yourself up by your bootstraps" used to mean doing something literally impossible. That you have to perform a miracle to succeed.

Even in this 19th century arrangement, the women did not/do not live "for free". Women have been working (outside the home) throughout history, and there was a time that the husband legally owned all their earnings. And in addition, women in a "traditional" arrangement are usually expected to do all the cooking, cleaning, childcare (where applicable), and miscellaneous housework.

Spoiler alert. Quite a bit of females/women perpetuate the misogyny they’ve learned from other females/women and a society that treats them less. They teach us to police others who fall outside of their ideals, breeding another generation of misogynists. Gross.

She is right, you cannot be prosecuted by a state for something you did in another state, as its law did not apply on you when you did it.

Planned Parenthood caught my grandma's cervical cancer. She was over 60. She could afford the GYN there. The end. PP wins.

Please

Women and children are far more likely than men to die in disasters. The men on the Titanic had to be forced at gun point to let women and children take their places in life boats.

THIS!!

Congratulations on marrying a decent man, doctor. This article makes it feel like it was harder than getting the doctorate.

So much in womens healthcare is missed because it either hasn't been studied, or if it something non-female specific, it was studied using only men.

No uterus, no opinion!

“Nothing gets conservatives more excited or frothing at the mouth quicker than what's going on in other folks' bedrooms.” ~Ann Richards

The Christian Right is so gross. 🤢

I don't know ANY Millennial women who watch CNBC, so that could explain that sampling error...

Some people do that? Ewwww...

Please someone tell me such idiotic men do not exist.

Yes!!!

Spaghetti straps are considered intolerable?

It's exhausting! Come on people, learn empathy!

My name literally translates to, "small submissive woman". Yes I am planning to change it.

If you believe women aren't funny, you should be taking them more seriously at least.

Lol I just had one of those ppl recently, I disagreed any suddenly I had my love life called into question, and had my disabilities mocked. It's so hard to spot coz they sound sane and normal, until you have a different opinion and express it