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I will retract my comparison. I meant it in terms of stereotype being perpetrated; to me, that's a problem, without regard to who is responsible -- but you are right, it does have make a difference.

The difficulty is in finding metaphors for sexism; racism is the closest parallel and the one I tend to reach for.

As for expressing the values of a "sizable number of women" - I don't think I personally know a single woman under the age of 80 who ascribes to these values. They may be out there; I am not seeing them and I wouldn't even guess that they are a sizable minority. I think that's a an unknowable unless you have some statistics I don't have (I'd welcome a link.)