"If you aren't part of the solution, you are a part of the problem" This is a phrase that conjures mixed opinions. But I wanted to use it for the topic of this thread in which I hope a civil discussion can be had. Now, I notice a lot of the time whether it be in jest or whatever that when a man commits an act of misogyny, he is called sexist, which is right, but when a women wants to do something that doesn't include men or favors women to men or something that makes a male feel inferior, she is also deemed "sexist". Let's take a look at the word from Merriam-Webster: 1. prejudice or discrimination based on sex; especially : discrimination against women 2. behavior, conditions, or attitudes that foster stereotypes of social roles based on sex Now while both definitions pretty much say anyone can be sexist, the first indicates that the sexism ball is more in the court of us males. That's the dictionary definition, but, take into account who wrote the dictionary, and it's easy to see how one can twist a word ever so slightly to take pressure off of a powerful group of people. Nonetheless, by this definition we can see that both men and women can be sexist, but wait... We can get into the whole prejudice with power debate. Historically, in terms of men and women, women have gotten the short end of the stick all throughout history. Men have dominated in nearly every field (except birthing :P) in terms of social construct so by this regard, being sexist has greatly benefited men. By this logic, women can't be "sexist" since only men benefit from being sexist. Even today a woman on average makes [url=http://www.summer.harvard.edu/blog-news-events/gender-inequality-women-workplace]77 cents to every dollar a man makes.[/url], that's an amazing (not literally) 25% less money being made for an XX genome! To be fair that was in 2010, but also, that was just four years ago. Yeah, a woman can be sexually prejudice, but not sexist, the person doing it dictates the the name of the action by this logic. So finally back to my preface, I am aware that in the career field that I will probably make 25% more than my female counterpart, race aside. Do I acknowledge this statistic? Yes. Do I think that it's wrong? Yes. Do i think that it's unfair? Yes. Will i give that 25% back then? Of course not. Not to be a jerk but it's the truth? Why would I?...now, does that make me sexist then for being a male by default in today's society? I am aware there is a problem, but I am not doing anything about it, "If you aren't part of the solution, you are part of the problem." TL;DR: Please just read EDIT: the link is fixed!!! D: