Is Sexism still a big issue in the U.S.? Options

[Inferia]

I guess it is pretty obvious where I get this subject line. I read a paper awhile ago, which I re-read later called "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" by Peggy McIntosh. Anyway, the paper dealt with race, but in the beginning she touched upon the "male privilege".

"... I have often noticed men's unwillingness to grant that they are overprivileged, even though they may grant that women are disadvantaged. They may say they will work to women's statues, in the society, the university, or the curriculum, but they can't or won't support the idea of lessening men's. Denials that amount to taboos surround the subject of advantages that men gain from women's disadvantages. These denials protect male privilege from being fully acknwledge, lessened, or ended... as male are taught not to recognize male privilege... We in women's studies work to reveal male privilege and ask men to give up some of their power... After I realized the extent to which men wok from a base of unacknowledged privilege, I understood that much of their oppressiveness was unconscious..."

* Note that this paper was written in the late 1980s, and the excess ellipses is because it's an article on race which I tried to take out.

There were complaints from the Hillary camp that she lost because she is female, that (some) people recognize that it is difficulty for a biracial candidate to run for president, while she a female does not get the same recognition. That there is still a double standard on how we view females. Sorry this is not very well expressed, I hope you catch my drift.

I can't figure out how to make this into a poll, so...

[FORSAKENR320]

usual exchange::

someone:: the sky is blue

impala:: nope, you're dumb it's green

someone:: here's 5 valid documents on why it's blue, and a picture of the sky

impala:: one of those 5 documents isn't cited right, i don't trust the author therefore all of your documents and evidence is wrong. the sky is green

someone #2:: no... the sky is blue, here is another more accurate source of info.

impala:: la la la! i'm not listening! one of those documents was wrong i'm right!

dogmeat:: cumsluts sextits

lance:: you're all brainwashed the government knows the sky is really red but wants you to think it's blue

impala:: lance agrees with me

someone:: no he doesn't

brandon:: (posts unrelated disturbing or humorous picture)

[Billy]

someone:: here's 5 valid documents on why it's blue, and a picture of the sky

Not sure where that happened in this thread.

[Dogmeat]

Not sure where that happened in this thread.

Oh I'm sure I could find some "wage gap" bullshittery if you really wanted me to ...

[Billy]

Oh I'm sure I could find some "wage gap" bullshittery if you really wanted me to ...

I'm refering to the comments about Rice.