Meanings
nounreverse sexism (uncountable)
alternative reverse-sexism
- uncountablehuman sciencesSexism against the dominant sex.
Others look to dismiss the female cast as some sort of reverse-sexism, a “marketing gimmick” that diminishes the stars by turning them into tokens.
2016 May 18, David Sims, “The Outcry Against the All-Female ‘Ghostbusters’ Remake Gets Louder”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 22 Aug 2016
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