Which of these terms are sexist when applied to a female candidate? (user search)
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  Which of these terms are sexist when applied to a female candidate? (search mode)
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Question: Of these adjectives, which are inherently sexist if used to describe a woman?
#1
Bossy
 
#2
Naggy
 
#3
B*tchy
 
#4
Condescending
 
#5
Sassy
 
#6
Whiny
 
#7
Nasty
 
#8
Annoying
 
#9
Shrill
 
#10
Obnoxious
 
#11
Rehearsed
 
#12
Evasive
 
#13
Snarky
 
#14
Abrasive
 
#15
Calculated
 
#16
Patronizing
 
#17
Snobby
 
#18
Stuck-up
 
#19
Disagreeable
 
#20
Unpleasant
 
#21
None of the Above
 
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Author Topic: Which of these terms are sexist when applied to a female candidate?  (Read 1183 times)
Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.
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« on: October 23, 2020, 10:02:15 AM »

Interestingly, my generically-center-left father is more uncomfortable with calling women bitches than is my "it came from the 70s!" second-wave feminist mother, so clearly there isn't a 1:1 correspondence between levels of misogyny and levels of comfort with some of these words.

I do think that all of these words can very easily be applied to women in sexist ways, but that doesn't mean that every possible usage of them is sexist. You have to look at the whole speech act the word is being used to perform rather than just assuming that every instance of it communicates the same things about the speaker's political or moral opinions.
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