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Re:How Etsy Grew their Number of Female Engineers by Almost ... by king_jester on Wednesday February 06, 2013 @05:35PM (#5179334)
Did you even read that post? Not two sentences after the one you cite does Caroline Bird say:

> [Sexism and racism] have used to keep the powers that be in power.

A direct statement about the systemic, power imbalance nature of sexism. Sexism is both those individual instances of discrimination and the overall systemic and social issues that allow it to perpetuate.

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Re:How Etsy Grew their Number of Female Engineers by Almost ... by papsosouid on Thursday February 07, 2013 @10:52AM (#5182737)
>Did you even read that post?

Yes. I even understood it, which appears to be what's bothering you. The quotes you refer to, once again, does not support the claim. The statement "sexism has been used to do X" does not mean "the definition of sexism is X". Paint has been used to cover walls. That does not mean the definition of paint is "stuff that covers walls".

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