# Sexism

> Discrimination against women and sexual minorities, primarily by men.

<Discrimination> against women and sexual minorities, primarily by men.

## On the Korean translation

"Sexism" is often translated into Korean as 성차별주의, but I think this is a mistranslation. The English suffix "-ism" can mean an ideology, but it can also mean discriminatory thinking. In "[Feminism](https://wiki.g15e.com/en/pages/Feminism.txt)," "-ism" denotes a philosophical position, so it should be translated as 여성주의. In "sexism," however, it only means discriminatory thinking, so there is no need to translate it as 성차별주의; just 성차별 (sex discrimination) will do. Why dignify something like sex discrimination with an "ideology"?

The same applies to "racism" and "ageism": not 인종차별주의 or 연령차별주의, but simply <racial discrimination> and <age discrimination>.

## See also

- [Ageism and Sexism](https://wiki.g15e.com/en/pages/Ageism%20and%20sexism.txt)