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Thread #113747   Message #2447147
Posted By: GUEST,Working Radish
22-Sep-08 - 07:51 AM
Thread Name: '5000 Morris Dancers'
Subject: RE: '5000 Morris Dancers'
Ooh, racism and sexism. Actually, this might offer a learning opportunity. Once more unto the OED, dear friends:

Sexism: prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, typically against women, on the basis of sex

Nobody's saying you hate women, WAV. Just that you believe that women should be prevented from doing certain things and encouraged to do certain others - all women, whatever any individual woman may want to do herself - because they're women. That's what's called sexism.

Similarly, nobody's saying you hate non-English people...