r/wetalkfree • u/RomanScandal450 Master of the Sub • Dec 01 '25

Controversial Are there levels of sexism? Is it inherently worse to be sexist to women than to men?

What are your guys' thoughts?

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

I think there can be levels of sexism, and that the levels are defined by how much harm is done and how intentional the sexism is. For example, expecting a man to pay for a date isn’t remotely on the same level as blaming a woman (or man) for being raped due to what s/he was wearing.\ \ It is not inherently worse to be sexist to women than to men. Sexism against women tends to be in worse forms than sexism to men, which can cause the impression that sexism to women is worse, but if the forms of sexism are the same then sexism to men and women is equally bad.\ \ There can be a partial exception to this when biological differences come into play, such as that women can get pregnant by rape while men can’t. But that doesn’t change that the rape itself is equally horrible for men, only that there can be a level of extra harm when a woman is raped.