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    The reason why it’s important to distinguish between sexism and femmephobia is

    that sexism is when discrimination and oppression happens towards women


    because they’re women, whereas femmephobia is the discrimination and
    oppression towards femininity as a whole.

    For example, I think that a reason why a lot of straight, cis, White men dislike queer
    femme men is because straight, cis, White men see men behaving femininely, and
    because of their homophobia and femmephobia, they are seen as inferior because
    they are visibly feminine and homosexual. On the other hand, with queer women,
    straight men see women, something they are attracted sexually to, engaging in
    sexual behaviours with other women and as a consequence of sexism and
    femmephobia, queer women are often subjected to fetishization and objectification
    as men believe that they are for their entertainment.

    Additionally, femmephobia affects more than just cis women in its impact, as
    femmephobia affects anyone who acts or appears femininely, and any association
    with femininity is thus seen as inferior to anything associated with masculinity.
    This can manifest in small ways like masculine men rejecting anything they perceive
    as feminine, even if it’s just the colour pink. This rejection doesn’t stem from
    personal preference either, it often comes from a place of disgust which further
    perpetuates the prejudice around femmephobia.

    On the other hand, examples of sexist problems in society would be the debate
    around bodily autonomy and how men believe that because they are biologically
    men, they are superior to anyone who isn’t and can choose what happens to your
    body.

    Though these problems are often working hand-in-hand towards the oppression and
    devaluing of femininity and women, it’s important to note when something is
    femmephobic, and when something is sexist, as they have different impacts in
    different demographics.

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