“Sexism Was Worse Before” Should Be a Lesson, Not an Excuse

Still not good enough.

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As a white woman living and working in India, I get asked a lot about how I deal with the sexism over here. The question comes in one of two forms, either how do I bear this sexism — held up as so much worse than anything we have back in the West - or how can I still complain about sexism in the West after seeing countries…