50 Times Women Spoke Out Against Clearly Sexist Practices That Are Still Accepted In Today's Society
Every day, sexist ideas, behaviors, and practices contribute to these disparities.
Sexism does not always show up in dramatic, obvious ways. Sometimes it hides in everyday comments, workplace habits, and social expectations that people still treat as normal.
This roundup pulls together 50 images shared by women calling out those double standards, from body policing and reproductive control to the way men and women are treated differently in public and online. The posts are blunt, funny, frustrated, and very familiar.
Some of them will make you laugh, others will make you cringe, and a few may hit a little too close to home.
1. Regulate Guns Like Abortions!
likerainydays2. Longer Skirts
i_can_live_with_it3. Sign From The Women’s March In Texas
ExpertAccident
That message lands fast.
4. Yes
ImperadorPenedo
5. Props To That Guy
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6. Found This At My School
WasteConcentrate964
7. Troll Victory!
bookluvr83
8. I Actually Chuckled At This One
LeftyBigGuns
9. Goated Tactic But Tbh I Would Never Have The Ovaries To Do This
ComplainsAboutWife
10. Also Push For Child Support At 6 Weeks
bookluvr83
11. We Don't Think Men Are Helpless, Clueless Creatures. We Know They Can Learn And We Believe In Them
BamSteakPeopleCake
12. Elderly Woman At The Women’s March In Texas
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13. Great Advice
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14. Seems Fair To Me
SenaidaKoelling
15. I'm Pregnant, And My Husband's Parents Want To See My Vajayjay In Action
ToolPackinMama
16. For Those People Who Say "Muh Degeneracy! This Modern World!, Muh This Didn't Exist Back In Muh Days!" Transwomen From The 50's
Princess_kitty14
17. Spot On
mrsduckie
18. And I Am All For It
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19. Children's Splash Day
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20. It Never Was About The Babies, It's About Controlling Women's Bodies
Princess_kitty14
And that is the part people keep trying to ignore.
21. Carved My Name Into His Leather Seeeaaattttsssss
Ickysquicky
22. *gasp* Women Have... Veins?! Impossible!!
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23. "Don't Accept Assault As 'Part Of Life' As A Woman"
FollowBackorOut
24. More Proof That Sexuality Isn't A Choice
bramblejamslam
25. Ain't That The Truth
BitterPillPusher2
26. Please Let Women Just Not Have Kids I'm Begging You. Also Normalize Women Not Having Uteruses. Makes Trans Women Feel More Accepted
ComplainsAboutWife
27. I Have A Complaint
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28. Just Maybe...
apocalypticalley
29. Degrees > Boyfriends
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30. Bring It On Please
kookie_doe
31. This Is Horrifying
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32. Why Do Men Need To Find The Most Creative Ways To Hate The Women And Girls In Their Lives?
kinderock
33. What If?
apocalypticalley
34. Shame
StarWars_memer
35. Get Comfy
Alex45784
36. Payback
design56
37. Not Wanting Kids Is A Valid Choice
Alex45784
38. Oh Well Nvm I Guess
PM_me_ur_goth_tiddys
39. Age Gaps
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40. This Is Horrifying
Alex45784
41. Scary
vanessafuh
42. But Really...
ilaissezfaire
43. And What Happens When They Can’t Pay?
Frankly_Mai
44. 80% Chance This Happens In The Comments
ghostmeharder
45. This Happens Every So Often
PM_me_ur_goth_tiddys
46. Literal Virtue Signaling
cfa413
47. "Gold-Diggers"
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48. I'm Looking For Some Cool Pro-Choice Charity Suggestions To Donate To!
_LucyVanPelt
49. Coachella
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50. I Hate How True This Is
The essential character of men and women and the roles they should perform in society are linked to sexism. Gender stereotypes, which are the result of sexist beliefs about women and men, can place one gender above the other.
We must state unequivocally that sexism is destructive. Despite being the primary cause of gender inequality, sexism disproportionately affects women and girls.
Alex45784
Some jokes land because they are painfully true.
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