Mothers have the greatest influence in transference of table manners, too. And language, and life skills, and, well, pretty much everything. One might suspect this is because women still overwhelmingly bear the responsibility for child-rearing.

Social policies that shift some of that responsibility to men, through both incentives and deterrents, might be one place to start. Women with more equal opportunities, more equal income, more equal status themselves might be less likely to convey damaging prejudices about women to their children.

I dunno, there's just something about this that looks like blaming the victim. Educate women not to instil sexism in their kids. How about raise those women's status and opportunities so their kids see less sexism in front of their faces?

Chicken and egg ...

mother does teach kids sexism. and that just being a woman does not mean you are not sexist. and that as a parent we have a responisibility to get beyond instead of shrugging it off and saying, not a man hater and i like sex, ergo....

betcha anything, when we see a little boy representing a learned sexist attitude, we look at the father.

so, i dont know how truly honest we are with the "duh"

and blaming the victim? well, the little boy that learns, this is how a woman is to be treated, is the victim, too. doesnt that make all of us a victim, regardless? adults. learn. get beyond, for the new generation.

there are a lot of women that have issues with pc, too.

Hear, hear!

Another thing women teach their children that needs to end - obsession with body image.

1. Stop criticizing yourself in front of a mirror, especially when your daughters are in earshot. I've seen women do this and it makes me so sad to know what she's teaching her kids.

2. Stop obsessing about your weight. Being healthy is one thing, everyone should be enthusiastic about living a healthy lifestyle... but making it about how you look is destructive and wrong. Make it about looks and you encourage bulimia, anorexia, etc.

3. Stop obsessing about other women's looks. So what if some aging celebrity looks young? Is that really something to ooh and aah over? You know who you should be oohing and aahing over... her plastic surgeon. So what if some woman has grey roots, or more wrinkles, or isn't wearing the most flattering clothes? Why make that such a big deal?

Women often assume the roles of social enforcers.

I've seen that especially amongst conservatives. The rightwing males know they can get away with a lot of rudeness and bullying because their women are cheering them on.