The Sword Without A Hilt

Sexism is a double edged sword that has no hilt. You simply cannot pick it up and swing it anyone without cutting yourself.

You cannot call a women "sluts" without automatically calling men "tasteless."

You cannot call men "pussies" without automatically calling women "dicks."

You can't call a man "girly" or a woman "butch" without automatically implying that you yourself are inferior because of your gender.

In other words, you can't help but go around insulting yourself every time you spew sexist diatribe. It's like walking around with a sign on your back that says "World's Biggest Joke," and you haven't noticed. It's funny to those of us who see it, and even funnier to say "Hey, you have a sign on your back!" and watch you get all defensive and say, "No, I don't!"

If we all took the time today to tell our children this, sexism would probably be mostly gone by the time today's kindergartners became college students.