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by drewmol 2828 days ago
If it's sexist(Wikipedia definition, yeah... I looked it up) then it's unethical, and if it's unethical I'd assume that's because of the sexism. Is it unethical and sexist? If it is, being overtly sexist/racist/classist and supporting it with data seems worse to me that just the former. Even it it is, it should surely not be outlawed.
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Sexism isn't automatically unethical. There's also more than one ethical framework.

For example, buying different scented shower gel based on the sex of the recipient.

I tried to avoid confusion by referring to the Wikipedia definition, which by my ethical framework pretty much always unethical, but should very rarely be outlawed. It would be a nightmare to validate.