sexism
prejudice or discrimination based on a person’s sex or gender
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Summary
sexism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,610 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: discrimination[2], prejudice[3], attitude[4]
- Commons category: Sexism[5]
- Opposite of: gender equality[6], reverse sexism[7], men quota[8], anti-sexism[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Sexism[10]
- Described by source: Gender Glossar[11]
- Partially coincident with: misogyny[12], genderism[13], sexual inequality[14]
- Different from: gender discrimination[15]
- Disjoint union of: list of values as qualifiers[16]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Human rights[17], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18], gender gap on Dutch Wikipedia[19]
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Influence
Things named for sexism include Childism[20], a social movement[21] and cisgenderism[22].
Why It Matters
sexism has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] sexism is known by 86 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]
Entities named for sexism include Childism[20], a social movement[21] and cisgenderism[22].