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		_7h4m on March 16, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism and Intimidatio... Thanks, that makes a bit more sense. I'm still not sure why he mentions race when the topic at hand is age, gender, and language, though.

lutusp on March 16, 2014 | [–]

That's easy to answer -- they're all ways to unfairly single out people based on traits that shouldn't be used to distinguish people, ways that are now illegal in some cases -- age, race, gender.

unreal37 on March 16, 2014 | | [–]

He's saying calling a woman a girl is equally offensive. (Although it's a complete distraction to the discussion.)

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