Sentences with phrase «sexism inherent»

The sexism inherent in many early responses to her work was virulent: A critic wrote in 1960, «The goddess Ate, patroness of reckless blindness and mad impulse, may be responsible for the work of Helen Frankenthaler,» going on to describe the artist and her work (and treating them as one and the same) as «irrational,» «hysterical,» «romantic, hypersensitive, sulky,» and «an example of thin, nervous romanticism.»

Meanwhile, the script comments on the sexism inherent in Gillan's character only to utilize it in all the wrong ways, leaving her to distract bad guys in a ludicrously skimpy outfit that the camera ogles with abandon.

And for good reason: Nathaniel's discovery of a story Joan wrote in college, as well as Joan's quietly mounting rage at the sexism inherent in the Nobel proceedings (while Joe is whisked off to schmooze with intellectuals, Joan is urged by the organizers to go shopping and get a spa treatment), will send the story spinning in a new direction.

Pike is a convincing zealot, bristling against the sexism inherent to how the male hostages try to earn her sympathy, but weighing the character down with a chintzy romance only makes everything else about her seem chintzy as well.

Not exact matches

Do policies on ordination lend credibility to feminists» charges of an inherent sexism in the church?

As recently as this week at Wimbledon, Murray spoke up about the inherent sexism of the All England Club scheduling two men's matches and only one women's match on both Centre Court and Court 1 each day, thus bumping often - compelling matches to less prestigious courts for no reason at all other than casual sexism.

There is an inherent sexism in society.»

Plagued by contradiction in her own mind over flattery and the assumption that she would be far too plain in physical appearance to love, Dickinson was a huge talent whose work was widely underappreciated thanks to the inherent sexism of her time.

Hines (Libriomancer) has been pointing out the inherent sexism and objectification of women on SF and fantasy book covers for some time.

Part of the works presented at the gallery rebel against sexism, intolerance, racism, homophobia and the ignorance inherent to contemporary society.

At the Supreme Court, West Coast LEAF will argue that power imbalances on the job are based not only on the economic hierarchy inherent in employment but also on inequalities that are deeply entrenched in our society such as sexism.