Are there things in how people interact with each other (or not interact), regardless of how small they are, that you would consider inevitable, acceptable or understandable forms of sexism?
If so, what are some examples of those, and would you call it sexism in those cases, or label it something else?
If you don't think there are any such things, i'd also be interested in your reasoning.
I'm not sure.
The sexes have different bodies in terms of how they look and feel and function, different hormone levels, and to a limited extent different brain organization. There's a huge amount of overlap between the sexes (
way more overlap than differences, by orders of magnitude) but I don't expect statistical differences in gender expression between the sexes to be 100% abolished.
So I would expect certain stereotypes or assumptions to go on for quite a while, even if the various "big things" become taken care of and society becomes very egalitarian and very accepting of people of all sexes in all roles. There are some jobs that I wouldn't expect 50/50 sex ratios to perhaps ever occur in except for in extraordinary circumstances like a war or national policy or something. These aspects may continue to fuel mild sexism for the foreseeable future.
Some aspects of gender-related chivalry will probably be rather persistent, I'd imagine. And people may always have trouble treating potential-mates and non-potential-mates completely identically. Interacting with someone you're attracted to, whether it's a little bit or a lot, adds a variable that isn't present when interacting with someone that you're not attracted to.
I'm fairly satisfied as long as people do their best to avoid harmful assumptions, change them when they are aware of them, and treat individuals based on their own qualities rather than due to ideas about their sex or gender.
