Definition: A sexist system is any system in which people's life decisions are unnecessarily preordained on the basis of perceived biological sex. In the United States and most of the rest of the West, it specifically refers to any belief or behavior that puts women and girls in a position of subservience to men and boys.
Etymology: The term is actually very new, coined by English professor Pauline Leet in 1965 to describe the practice of excluding women from poetry anthologies.
Etymology: The term is actually very new, coined by English professor Pauline Leet in 1965 to describe the practice of excluding women from poetry anthologies.
Also Known As: Similar in meaning, but not identical, to male chauvinism
