50 sexist phrases that you should eliminate from your vocabulary

Sexist phrases: we hear them day after day, in any context. They are popular expressions, proverbs and sayings that underestimate the role of women in our society.

Although formally women have been achieving the majority of rights during the last century in the West, the truth is that, still In the 21st century, there are different aspects in which they do not enjoy the same visibility or consideration compared to men.

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Phrases, proverbs and sexist sayings

Among those who believe that women should not have so many rights, we find disparate specimens: retrograde people who, usually In general, they only conceive of the female gender as a secondary actor, relegated to jobs of lesser social relevance and the care of children and greater.

This discrimination stems from some archaic gender roles

. Luckily, times are changing, and yet we still continue to hear these detestable clichés that put women at an inferiority.

In this article we wanted to collect some of these phrases that we should 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 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 let them enter the clubs for free

The reason why some clubs let women in for free is to use them as a macho 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".

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5. Women drive worse and cause more accidents

In fact, it is exactly the opposite. Women cause fewer traffic accidents than men.

6. Woman at the wheel, constant danger... Woman had to be!

Another terrible phrase made about their supposed lack of driving skills.

7. (In a job interview): Do you plan to have children?

A hindrance of our societies: companies that do not hire women for fear of getting 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 on her physique, making them feel valid only through her image and beauty, and not as beings humans.

9. You fight like a woman!

To ridicule the way women fight, run or play sports is to ignore their physical potential.

10. To scrub!

This one doesn't even deserve an explanation.

11. Dressed like that 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 daddy, pretty like mommy

This is how a t-shirt print for boys and girls from the Hipercor brand read. Gender roles in its most putrid expression.

13. The more cousin, the more she gets closer

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 in really bad taste and 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 macho phrase that leaves the door open to attitudes close to rape.

17. I hate the learned woman. I hope a woman who knows more than she should know does not enter my house (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 micromachismo we also help to perpetuate sexism.

19. I bet she got that job because she slept with someone

When after a lot of effort a woman gets a good job, she is criticized and her professional worth is called into question.

20. Women must be chosen as beautiful and slender, they take care of making themselves fat and ugly

Another sexist saying to the core.

21. Women don't like nice 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 tasted a good man

heteropatriarchy in its most denigrating expression.

23. I am not a rapist nor have I hit any woman in my life. This fight of feminism does not go with me.

Feminism is everyone's responsibility, without exception.

24. Hush you look prettier

Throughout history, macho cultures have tried 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 soup

A Spanish proverb that can be macho if it refers to mature women.

28. I can't be macho because I have a mother and sisters.

Machismo is a way of thinking with which both men and women have socialized regardless of our personal circumstances.

29. And when is man's day?

A phrase that is normally heard during designated days such as March 8, the day of the working woman.

30. Now everything is machismo, you can't even make a joke

Society is increasingly aware of sexist jokes,

31. So you will never get a husband

A phrase widely used to insult and humiliate women who are 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 does not get by talking, she gets by crying.

According to some sexists, women will achieve their goals by putting into practice all kinds of deceit.

34. The crying of a woman is not to be believed

Throughout history, machismo has portrayed women as unstable, immature, and unreliable.

35. No wise and discreet man tells a woman a secret

For the macho, all women are gossips and lovers of gossip.

36. Cards, dice, women and wine make the rich mean

The supposed harmful effect that women have on good men is a classic in macho culture.

37. House where the woman rules, she does not usually go well

The macho 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 better.

38. To the woman and the donkey, every day a spanking

A sexist phrase that legitimizes violence against women.

39. With women, guns and fires, don't want games

Machismo conceives of women as emotionally unstable or unbalanced beings.

40. Where women rule and farm cows, a bad year is guaranteed

Another sexist saying that perfectly sums up 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

“The woman is mobile as 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 the house of a rich woman, she rules and she screams

The independent woman shown as a bossy and uncompromising person is another classic of macho culture.

44. Of women in a house, with one there is little; with two, too

A saying that assumes in the first place that a house should be cared for by a woman. And secondly, that the presence of more than one can have negative consequences.

45. You have to judge a woman when you see her walk

A macho phrase that supposes that in a woman the value is in her physique.

46. Little beast and big woman, get them out of my way

Most popular sayings about women identify the female gender with farm animals.

47. women are more passionate

It has not been 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 don't attend to their daily responsibilities.

50. Jumping woman, neither at home nor at mass

Throughout history it has been very frowned upon for women to have fun or spend time outside the home.