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'''A sexist story or joke is one which is based on a belief that men and women are different, they have different characters/traits/behaviors and act divergently.'''  

'''A sexist story or joke is one which is based on a belief that men and women are different, they have different characters/traits/behaviors and act divergently.'''  

For instance in the story on “[https://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Sexism?venotify=created#Men_are_promiscuous_and_women_are_loyal bribing priest on marriage vows]” the man is shown as needing to be promiscuous (wanting relationships with women other than his wife) and hence bribing the priest to not make him vow loyalty. Whereas the woman is shown as seeking loyalty from the husband and hence  bribing the priest to make the man vow loyalty. The joke here is premised on the opposite traits of the man and woman – men can ‘stray’ but women cannot.

For instance in the story on “[https://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Sexism?venotify=created#Men_are_promiscuous_and_women_are_loyal bribing priest on marriage vows]” the man is shown as needing to be promiscuous (wanting relationships with women other than his wife) and hence bribing the priest to not make him vow loyalty. Whereas the woman is shown as seeking loyalty from the husband and hence  bribing the priest to make the man vow loyalty. The joke here is premised on the opposite traits of the man and woman – men can ‘stray’ but women cannot. This creates an environment where women's 'honor' is used to subject women and their mobility to maximum restraint, while men's straying is looked at indulgently.  

In the story of the [https://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Sexism?venotify=created#Mysterious_.28irrational.29_women wife shooting the horse], the joke was really about how women are mysterious and dangerous (pulling out a gun and shooting and telling the man that he is two steps away from being shot) – suggesting lack of rationality, while men are expressed to be rational.

In the story of the [https://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Sexism?venotify=created#Mysterious_.28irrational.29_women wife shooting the horse], the joke was really about how women are mysterious and dangerous (pulling out a gun and shooting and telling the man that he is two steps away from being shot) – suggesting lack of rationality, while men are expressed to be rational.

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Wherever the story or joke is based on attributing '''different characteristics to men and women''' (husband and wife), it is sexism. Sexism is prejudice or discrimination based on one's gender. We ascribe certain traits, roles to men and other traits and roles to women. Men are strong, brave, assertive, outgoing while women are gentle, submissive, hardworking etc.

Wherever the story or joke is based on attributing '''different characteristics to men and women''' (husband and wife), it is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexism sexism]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexism Sexism] is prejudice or discrimination based on one's gender. We ascribe certain traits, roles to men and other traits and roles to women. Men are strong, brave, assertive, outgoing while women are gentle, submissive, hardworking etc.

All these differences in ascribing in the stories are completely '''sociological ('''we people have created these differences by our beliefs – this difference is termed ‘gender’). They have '''absolutely NO biological or factual basis'''. The only known and accepted biological difference between men and women is that women can bear children and nurse them which men cannot do (this difference is termed as ‘sex’). Otherwise, there is nothing that men can do that women cannot and vice versa. This sociological process of discriminating between men and women on the basis of gender is '''sexism'''. References –  <nowiki>https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/what-is-sexism#what-sexism-is</nowiki> (gives the basic distinction between sex and gender as well).

All these differences in ascribing in the stories are completely '''sociological ('''we people have created these differences by our beliefs – this difference is termed ‘gender’). They have '''absolutely NO biological or factual basis'''. The only known and accepted biological difference between men and women is that women can bear children and nurse them which men cannot do (this difference is termed as ‘sex’). Otherwise, there is nothing that men can do that women cannot and vice versa. This sociological process of discriminating between men and women on the basis of gender is '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexism sexism]'''. References –  <nowiki>https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/what-is-sexism#what-sexism-is</nowiki> (gives the basic distinction between sex and gender as well).

= So what is harmful about sexism? =

= So what is harmful about sexism? =