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This 4 page paper examines Marilyn Frye's views on sexism as expressed in the article "Sexism," which is included in James Rachels' book, The Right Thing to Do. Bibliography lists 3 sources
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1969, and teaches in the areas of feminist philosophy, the philosophy of language, and metaphysics (Marilyn Frye). This paper examines her views on sexism as expressed in the article
"Sexism," which is included in James Rachels book, The Right Thing to Do. Discussion Marilyn Fryes article is of course very personal to her, as she tries to
define sexism. She begins by defining "sexist," which she says is characteristic of those economic, cultural and other systems, including "sex-marking," that tend to create and reinforce the patterns
that divide the human species into those who dominate and those who are subordinate (Frye, 2002). Furthermore, any individual acts or practices that reinforce those structures are also sexist
(Frye, 2002). This definition immediately begs another question: what is sex-marking? Sex-marking is most clearly understood in relation to language, and again its Marilyn Frye who has examined
this phenomenon. She uses the example of writing a book review: if she wants to refer to the author by name, thats fine, but if she wants to
use personal pronouns at times, rather than repeating the name endlessly, she has to know whether the author is male or female (Saul, 2005). This, according to Frye, is
"an instance of a general tendency to make sex relevant where it need not be, which she takes to be a key feature of sexism" (Saul, 2005). In addition,
this constant identification of peoples sex in all situations, even when it is of no importance, "helps to perpetuate the conviction that sex is a tremendously important matter in all
areas" (Saul, 2005). The perpetuation of this myth also helps to perpetuate male dominance, since "male dominance requires the belief that men and women are importantly different from each
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