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Originally Posted by mercedesjin
I was looking at the rules in the General Discussion, and I see that it says "no sexism." Ideas of what's sexist differ in culture to culture. For example, some might not think it's sexist to say, "women belong in the kitchen," while to others that's extremely offensive. Since this is an international forum, I think it's important to define what sexism is in the rules.
Also, a question if anyone's willing to answer - why is it against the rules to discuss sexual orientation?
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Like everything in life (or just about everything), sexism has no true definition, because it can mean whatever you want it to mean. It's impossible to come up with a true definition.
The closest you can get to it is a definition that others will take as true, but there will still be people who disagree with your definition, and believe their own to be true.
Or, it could mean something else in a different language. I'm pretty sure that there's a number of words we use that have a different meaning in another language.