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Some background info:

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The Everyday Sexism Project exists to catalogue instances of sexism experienced by women on a day to day basis. It now has more than 20,000 entries and is set to expand globally. They might be serious or minor, outrageously offensive or so niggling and normalised that women don’t even feel able to protest. By sharing stories, sexism is shown to exist on a daily basis and that it is a valid problem to discuss as opposed to being wrongly referred to as 'banter'.

It is being discussed in this Telegraph article and they've picked out some select quotes/anecdotes from women who are claiming to be victims of 'sexism'. Of course, this now includes merely being the subject of POSITIVE male attention.

Sure, some are fair claims. Nobody should have to put up with being touched in a swimming pool if they don't like it, and having your hair pulled by a stranger isn't pleasant, but some are just ridiculous.

I'll throw you some of my favorites:

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I work as a comedian and was introduced [on stage] with 'this one’s a woman and she's attractive so if she's rubbish you can just look at her'.

That's just 'banter' (I hate that word), and male comedians put up with far 'worse'. If you wan't equality...Another fine example of women wanting the same rights, but non of the responsibilities of men. The responsibility in this case is to have thicker skin. You're a stand up comedian for crying out loud, and you'll have an easier ride due to being a woman.

If you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen would be the best advice from me to her.

Here's another:

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In the cycle shop: ‘your boyfriend does a great job at taking care of your bike’. I'm single and look after it myself.

Grrrl power! A) He was either trying to ascertain if you had a boyfriend because he was interested.
B) It's a completely innocuous comment, not worth writing into a magazine or whatever to mention it.

But, my favorite:

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My lovely outgoing seven year-old, told by her teacher that she would never get a man unless she became more demure.

It seems that there are some good teachers out there after all!

The twitter feed is full of 'creepy' anecdotes too. Most of which are nothing of the sort. Obviously.

This one pissed me off:

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Ronnie ‏@ronnieprime
@EverydaySexism at a do, after dinner speaker asked all the men to give "the pretty ladies" a round of applause "for looking lovely".
Retweeted by EverydaySexism

How is that possibly offensive? Well, it was offensive and 'sexist' enough to be retweeted 6 times and be replied to with the rage inducing:

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Exsugarbabe ‏@Exsugarbabe
@ronnieprime @EverydaySexism OMG CRINGE!!!

We're still a long way from mainstream brothers.