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		bnr on July 13, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sexism red/yellow cards at Defcon Of course it's not acceptable. But the victim being female does not automatically make the act sexism.

anigbrowl on July 13, 2012 [–]

It's sexist whenever you have a big disparity that people exploit as an excuse for sexual harassment, whether a small number of women in a crowd of men or a small number of men in a big crowd of women. I purposely omitted any mention of gender in the grandparent comment.

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