Sexist phrases: we hear them day after day, in any context They are popular expressions, proverbs and sayings that undervalue the role of women in our society.
Although formally women have been achieving the majority of rights over the last century in the West, the truth is that, even in the 21st century, there are different aspects in which they do not enjoy the same visibility or consideration compared to men.
Phrases, sayings and sexist sayings
Among those who believe that women should not have so many rights, we find disparate specimens: retrograde people who, in general, only conceive of the female gender as a secondary actor, relegated to jobs of less social relevance and to caring for children and the elderly.
This discrimination is based on archaic gender roles Luckily, times are changing, and yet we still continue to hear these detestable clichés that place women in inferiority.
In this article we wanted to compile some of these phrases that we must banish from our vocabulary and our lives
1. Men are rational and women are emotional
A phrase that has to do with psychology and that contains a topic that has little or nothing to do with reality.
2. You’re a little nervous… won’t you be there on one of those days?
Pointing out menstruation to ridicule a woman who is legitimately upset about something is just deeply sexist.
3. A lot of feminism but… well, women don’t say anything when they are allowed to enter clubs for free
The reason why some clubs let women enter for free is to use them as a sexist lure to get more men to attend. Luckily, this practice has recently been banned in Spain.
4. Feminism is like machismo but in reverse
Feminism fights for equality between men and women, while machismo is the caveman way of thinking that leads us to discriminate and take away women’s rights and freedoms. Therefore, machismo and feminism are not “the same but in reverse.”
5. Women drive worse and cause more accidents
In fact, it is exactly the opposite. Women cause fewer traffic accidents than men.
6. Woman behind the wheel, constant danger… It had to be a woman!
Another terrible phrase made about their supposed lack of driving skill.
7. (In a job interview): Do you plan to have children?
A hindrance of our societies: companies that do not hire women for fear that they will get pregnant This means that great professionals cannot access relevant positions, which are mostly occupied by men.
8. You look fantastic in that dress
Of course, a compliment can be welcome if the context is right. However, most women complain that men tend to abuse these compliments about their physique, making them feel only valid through their image and beauty, and not as human beings.
9. You fight like a woman!
To ridicule the way women fight, run or play sports is to ignore their potential in the physical field.
10. Let’s scrub!
This one doesn’t even deserve an explanation.
11. Dressed like this you look like a whore
It is exceptionally sexist to want to impose a way of dressing on a woman, and even more so if it is to coerce her by telling her that she is “too daring.”
12. Smart like dad, pretty like mom
This is what a T-shirt print for boys and girls from the Hipercor brand said. Gender roles in their most putrid expression.
13. The more important it is, the closer it gets
A supposedly funny phrase that hypersexualizes women.
14. I bought my wife a necklace for her birthday. And you to yours? I nothing, I still let her loose
Another joke of truly bad taste that trivializes the role of women in society.
15. Why don’t women need to have their own car? Because from the kitchen to the living room there is not that much distance
Another funny saying that is not funny at all.
16. A woman’s “no” means: “beg me a little more.”
A sexist phrase that leaves the door open to attitudes close to rape.
17. I hate the learned woman. I hope a woman does not enter my house who knows more than she should know (Euripides)
Famous quote? of the Greek philosopher.
18. Micromachismos are nonsense. There are much more important things to worry about
By minimizing the existence of micro-machismo we also help perpetuate sexism.
19. He must have gotten that job because he slept with someone.
When after much effort a woman achieves a good job, she is criticized and her professional worth is questioned.
20. Women must be chosen to be beautiful and slender, they take care of themselves to become fat and ugly.
Another sexist saying to the core.
21. Women don’t like good guys, they prefer ‘bad guys’
An absurd generalization about the preferences and desires of heterosexual women.
22. If a woman is a lesbian… it will be because she has not tried a good man
Heteropatriarchy in its most degrading expression.
23. I am not a rapist nor have I hit any woman in my life. This struggle of feminism does not suit me.
Feminism is the responsibility of everyone, without exception.
24. Shut up, you look prettier
Throughout history, sexist cultures have attempted to silence women.
25. Girls mature earlier
A phrase that legitimizes harassment against young women and girls.
26. What does a woman do outside the kitchen? Tourism.
One of the many sexist jokes that are not funny at all.
27. Old hen makes good broth
A Spanish saying that can be sexist if it refers to mature women.
28. I can’t be sexist because I have a mother and sisters.
Machismo is a way of thinking with which both men and women have been socialized regardless of our personal circumstances.
29. And when is Men’s Day?
A phrase that is normally heard during special days such as March 8, working women’s day.
30. Now everything is machismo, you can’t make a joke
Society is increasingly aware of sexist jokes,
31. This way you will never get a husband
A phrase widely used to denigrate and humiliate women who appear independent or have a strong character.
32. Women hate each other
The culture of machismo also consists of presenting women as people incapable of getting along or agreeing with each other.
33. What a woman cannot achieve by talking, she achieves by crying
According to some sexists, women will achieve their goals by practicing all kinds of deceptions.
34. A woman’s crying is not to be believed
Throughout history, machismo has represented women as unstable, immature and untrustworthy.
35. No wise and discreet man tells a woman a secret
For sexists, all women are gossips and lovers of gossip.
36. Cards, dice, women and wine make the rich become mean
The supposed harmful effect that women have on good men is a classic in sexist culture.
37. Houses where women rule do not usually go well.
The sexist myth maintains that women do not know how to run a house well, when in reality they are the only ones who do it and who do it best.
38. The woman and the donkey, a spanking every day
A sexist phrase that legitimizes violence against women.
39. With women, guns and fires, don’t want games
Machismo conceives women as emotionally unstable or unbalanced beings.
40. Where women rule and cows work, a bad year is guaranteed
Another sexist saying that perfectly summarizes the idea that a woman should not rule a house.
41. La donna è mobile, Qual piuma al vento, Muta d’accento, E di pensiero
“Woman is mobile like a feather in the wind. She changes her accent and her thoughts.” One of the most popular operatic arias in history.
42. One hundred mistresses of a corral, each one says her song
Despite popular belief, women are very capable of agreeing and helping each other.
43. In a rich woman’s house, she rules and she shouts
The independent woman shown as a bossy and intransigent person is another classic of macho culture.
44. Of women in a house, with one there is little; with two, too much
A saying that first assumes that a house must be taken care of by a woman. And secondly, the presence of more than one can have negative consequences.
45. You have to judge a woman by seeing her walk.
A sexist phrase that assumes that a woman’s value is in her physique.
46. Little beast and big woman, get them out of my face
Most popular sayings about women identify the female gender with farm animals.
47. Women are more passionate
It is not proven that women are more passionate, emotional or unstable than men.
48. My ex-partner was crazy
A phrase uttered by many men whose previous relationship did not work out.
49. Idle woman cannot be virtuous
A popular saying that assumes that women who like to have fun do not attend to their daily responsibilities.
50. Jumping woman, neither at home nor at mass
Throughout history it has been frowned upon for women to have fun or spend time outside the home.