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08-26-2016, 03:54 PM
These women are challenging ***ist dictionary sentence examples on Google
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Google the definition of the words "whinge," "promiscuous," or "ugly," and you might **tice a subtle trend.
All these definitions have examples where women are portrayed in a negative light, or are subject to ***ist, outdated tropes. From sentences such as "she let off steam by having a good whinge" to "she's a wild, promiscuous, good-time girl" — these examples are undoubtedly unpleasant.
SEE ALSO: Watch Helen Mirren keep her chill in this ***ist interview from the '70s (http://mashable.com/2016/08/23/helen-mirren-***ism-shutdown/)
It's something that advertising employees Georgia ***** and Kiah Nicholas from Sydney, Australia, have **ticed, leading a project called "Redefine Women" (http://redefinewomen.tumblr.com/) which is pushing to have these sentences changed. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/26/google-***ist-dictionary-definition/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Google the definition of the words "whinge," "promiscuous," or "ugly," and you might **tice a subtle trend.
All these definitions have examples where women are portrayed in a negative light, or are subject to ***ist, outdated tropes. From sentences such as "she let off steam by having a good whinge" to "she's a wild, promiscuous, good-time girl" — these examples are undoubtedly unpleasant.
SEE ALSO: Watch Helen Mirren keep her chill in this ***ist interview from the '70s (http://mashable.com/2016/08/23/helen-mirren-***ism-shutdown/)
It's something that advertising employees Georgia ***** and Kiah Nicholas from Sydney, Australia, have **ticed, leading a project called "Redefine Women" (http://redefinewomen.tumblr.com/) which is pushing to have these sentences changed. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/26/google-***ist-dictionary-definition/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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