Sexism has many definitions. Wiktionary lists four:

1. The belief that people of one sex or gender are inherently superior to people of the other sex or gender.
2. Unfair treatment or discrimination based on a difference of sex or gender.
3. Disadvantage or unequal opportunity arising from the cultural dominance of one gender over the other.
4. Promotion or expectation or assumption of people to behave in accordance with or deviate from a gender role.

Belief that one sex is inherently superior Edit

• Essentialism

Unfair treatment or discrimination Edit

• Hiring discrimination

Disadvantage arising from cultural dominance Edit

Expectations to behave according to gender role Edit

• Social expectations
• Motherhood

Further reading/see also Edit

• Internalised sexism
• Androcentrism
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexism