Katie Couric—Sexism Is More Common Than Racism
07/23/2008
A+
|
a-
Print Friendly and PDF

According to Politico.com, Katie Couric said recently that

"I find myself in the last bastion of male dominance, and realizing what Hillary Clinton might have realized not long ago: that sexism in the American society is more common than racism, and certainly more acceptable or forgivable."

This is a typical female reaction. (Just kidding!) But yes, considering that the population is divided 50-50 between men and women, conflicts based on gender probably are more common, especially since, outside of Massachusetts and San Francisco, most people are married to a member of the opposite sex, and you know how much trouble that causes.

But sexism, like racism, cuts both ways, and just as anti-white racism is commonly seen in universities and on TV, so anti-male sexism, expressed in phrases like "Men Are Scum," is the kind of sexism you can get away with.

Print Friendly and PDF