Casual Sexism Is Nothing But Misogyny

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The short text Casual Sexism is Nothing but Misogyny, written by author Bidisha Mamata for the British national daily newspaper The Guardian, discusses the different forms of casual misogyny seen in everyday situations. Bidisha talks about the sexual connotations of various insults directed towards women, such as "slag", "bitch" and "whore". She confronts the tendency to consider females as "supporting characters" rather than leaders or equal coworkers in the workplace. She also pronounces herself about the constant struggle that is fighting sexism in her everyday

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