From the WaPo, 11/2/1991: “Jo Ellen Murphy, art director of the Weekend section, said that ‘[Juan Williams] was obsessed with my sex life and that’s all he wanted to talk to me about . . . . I raised my voice at him and said, “Just don’t talk to me again.” ‘ ”

Sexist Language is a problem because it sends the message that women are less than fully human. If seen as inferior, it becomes easier to treat women with less respect, disregard their right, and ignore their well-being. Devaluing masculinity with homophobic or s
sexist remarks indicates that being gay or being a woman is insulting and can help perpetuate violence.

Sexist John Boehner and Hoover the Talking Seal

Discussion of how we all use words unthinkingly.

cbl discovers the sexist root of the attacks on Hamsher

Rankism is what people who take themselves for “somebodies” do to those they mistake for “nobodies.” Whether directed at an individual or a group, rankism aims to put targets in their place and keep them weak so they will do as they’re told and submit to being taken advantage of.

We need to encourage the youth of South Carolina to join us, not to foster their resentment through unfair defamation.

And, somehow, I think the feeling is mutual.

Two radio hosts from KSFO and a Wall Street Journal Reporter demonstrate their profound lack of respect for professional women. They are not “shock jocks”, but the hosts of the top conservative political talk radio station in San Francisco. In the post-Palin era is this acceptable to the California Republican party, national conservatives and the mainstream commercial sponsors?

Using actual audio clips I invite you to listen to these men and wonder how the comments below would be treated if made by any other executive in a corporation with a modern HR department. Do media companies like ABC Radio and Citadel Broadcasting get to live by a different set of HR rules?

Barack The Magic Negro maybe the straw that broke the camel’s back but it is hardly one of the most racist things he’s done and hardly his strongest tie to the GOP.