Feminism 101: A Refresher on "Double-Standards"  Just because
one might say something about a man, or men, does not
axiomatically mean it is not sexist to make a similar
observation about a woman, or women.  If you acknowledge that
there is institutional inequality in our culture, that should
not be a difficult concept to understand.  There are narratives,
stereotypes, concepts, even individual words that have entirely
different meanings, and evoke entirely different reactions, when
applied to men and when applied to women.  We don't say things
like "zie trades on hir appearance" in a void. We say them in a
culture steeped in gender inequalities, one of the most basic
being that women are judged on their appearance in ways that men
are not.  Context matters.   It just means that discussion has
to have some nuance, has to be more thoughtful than "bitch
trades on her looks." And it is not defensible with some offhand
fauxquivalence like, "I'd say the same about Mitt Romney," when
we all know that no one does sa