To not understand why racism is worse than sexism?

[GreenTea98]

In schools, boys often throw around sexist comments; nothing is ever done about it. Maximum a lunch time detention (rarely) but if a racist comment is throw around, it is most always an isolation and can lead to an exclusion (which I agree with) but why is sexism not seen as bad?

Where do you live that allows schoolboys to make sexist comments without reproach? Most schools around here treat it as seriously as sexisim. It can be a problem in posher (ie top end) private schools which is why parents tend to prefer single sex at that level.

consider how often you hear 'hahaha..you throw like a girl' used as an insult in a playground.

Also 'you're so gay' getting used the same way.

It wouldn't be tolerated if it were racist slurs.

One of many reasons my DD won't be spending time in school playgrounds any time soon.

Why isn't DISABLISM priority then?

most colours/cultures/men/women can answer back a comment or report it.

many disabled people cant.. THAT should be a top of the tree crime.

ALL forms of ''ISM'' and ''IST'' are bad of course, but Ive reported just this morning a disablist disgustying verbal AND physical incident to the police and the people in charge of the place we were, and guess what?

fuck all was done about it.

one rule for one. another for eberyone else.

and disabled people have to put up with this DAILY.

Do we really need to make this a race to the bottom?

I don't understand the question.

I know many people of older generations who see men being superior to women as the natural order of things. I see this within even in my own family.

Being 'the way of the world' it's not viewed as a problem by vast numbers of people.

Germaine Greer said "Women have very little idea of how much men hate them". With every passing year of my life the evidence is stacking up

I'm brown. Trust me, racism is one of the most obvious forms of isms there is. Only white people ever think people make more sexist/disablist comments than racist ones. I usually get called the p-word, a mongrel, or hear references to 'yellow fever' a few times a day. Seems whenever a white person (usually not British) gets angry on the tube with a brown person the latter will get racially attacked. Have yet to be told I throw like a girl though.

I absolutely think that everyday sexism needs to be challenged in schools. And it goes deeper than 'slut/slag' etc. Young men that would not dream of shouting racist or sexist insults, think nothing of slowing down their cars alongside lone women and shouting some 'compliment'. They need to be taught that this is not flattering, it is intimidating and unwelcome. They need to be taught that women are wearing shorts because it's summer/they want to/whatever, not to attract their attention.

groupie, I've no doubt that's true - but the OP's point isn't that there are MORE sexist comments made than racist ones, just that sexist abuse seems to be more acceptable in all walks of life than racist abuse.

@RhubardGin I don't agree with the term "slut" being used AT all. I was just trying to illustrate that you can't win if you are a woman no matter what you do.

You sleep around: slut/slag/slapper
You don't: prude/tease/frigid

But men will call any woman any of these depending on their mood/what they judge you to be.

I did not mean that someone who sleeps with any number of men deserves to be called a slut. I apologise as I can totally see how it came across.