Why do women take sexiest comment so much more personal/get pissed more than if men were sexist against ?

Question

Why do women take sexiest comment so much more personal/get pissed more than if men were sexist against ?

Answer 1

Men aren't constantly barraged by sexist comments, day in and day out.  If they were they would react the same way women act.  Women don't make sexist comments as much as men do.

Answer 2

There are a lot of men who dont like it either.

Answer 3

Because women have been oppressed more than men ever will be due to centuries of patriarchal society. Also, men get very pissed against sexist comments, too, so idk what you are talking about.

edit: Check question. It's "sexist comment" not "sexiest comment."

Answer 4

One reason is because many men have been trained by society to be aloof or to not take seriously when women are sexist towards men. Most men don't even know when a woman is actually being sexist to him. Guys in general have been trained to be as kind, jokey, and as positive as possible when in a womans presence, specifically if he's single because it heightens his chances for dating...even if it's at the expense of his dignity.

EDIT: Yeah, thumbs down me, I know. But besides seeing this through observation, a guy at my job actually told me once that he knows that our (at the time) female manager was being sexist and unfair, but even though he knew that, he said he didn't feel it was right to be irritated about it. But he also said if it were a man who acted the same way, he'd make a big deal and complain. He wasn't exactly sure why he had that feeling about it either. Prolly cause he never thought about it, like most guys don't.

Answer 5

Because women are tired of hearing them?

Answer 6

Good answer seeker.

I'll add-

Women take sexist comments more personally because for most intents and purposes "women"= "s*x". Regardless of how you feel about it ethically, women acknowledge that society values them most especially for their sexual merit>> so women realize that a "sexist" comment is akin to a personal attack.

Answer 7

Realistically a man commenting to a woman is much more of a threat than the other way around. The intent of the man and well as the general physical superiority of men is what makes this much scarier for women...not to mention the frequency of hearing these disparaging remarks.

Answer 8

Seeker has it to a large extent.  Men are basically told we can't complain about anything, because of the "oppression" we put women through.  I wasn't aware I was responsible for things done in the past, but that just shows what I know.

I disagree that men don't put up with sexist comments as much as women.  All these "men are pigs" comments and "men are lazy" comments and things of that nature I hear on a daily basis are pretty sexist in my opinion.  I hear that pretty regularly too.  Not to say I haven't heard plenty of sexist men in my life-I have- but it's usually more subtle at least.  Sexist women I know just air their thoughts out in the open for everyone to hear, and nobody really cares much.

Heck, people didn't like this answer very much.  I stand by it 100% though.