Well, there are probably too many to count, but here are 11 of the most memorably sexist things said in public this year.
That our chances of getting pregnant from rape are "very low."
In June, Republican congressman Trent Franks made the following (scientifically inaccurate, to say the least) comment during a committee hearing on a potential abortion ban: "You know, the incidence of rape resulting in pregnancy are very low."
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"Isn’t it time for a women’s publication that puts world news and politics alongside beauty tips?"
When Bryan Goldberg announced the launch of women's website Bustle.com, he seemed almost impressively unaware of the many already-existing sites with the same mission he stated above. Also, there was this: "Knowing the difference between mascara, concealer, and eye-liner is not my job."
That we shouldn't wear pantsuits because we're women, not men.
Other gems from this piece on women's fashion trends guys "hate" include hating on red lipstick because "gross you're going to get that on me," and "strapless bikinis, they just make your shoulders look like a linebacker's."
"You will never see as many great women investors or traders as men — period, end of story."
Hedge fund investor and billionaire Paul Tudor Jones told an audience of University of Virginia students in May that there would never be as many great women investors as men, because once they have children they lose focus: “Every single investment idea . . . every desire to understand what is going to make this go up or go down is going to be overwhelmed by the most beautiful experience . . . which a man will never share, about a mode of connection between that mother and that baby."
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