Reply #2: This may not be the right word for it, but I would say complacency.

[wildflower]

What I mean by that is the complacency of most Americans who feel that the feminism battles have been fought and won, and sexism isn't really a problem anymore.

I think this is why most people seem to have the attitude that we must fight against discrimination of other forms, but not this one.

At the very least, it helps mask sexism.

This complacency - or belief that women have already triumphed and become equal - helps keep women from successfully fighting it.

For example, if I have a problem with a word someone uses, I'm being silly, because that person is not sexist and that word could not possibly be sexist, because sexism no longer really exists.

Of course, in the example above, it's hard to separate out the original sexism from the complacency.

Thoughts?