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Why sexism can't pass in 2016

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A couple of weeks ago, I accompanied one of my lady friends to check on a car that she was interested in. As we walked around the yard, she spotted another model that she liked, but the dealer told her that it had taken a while to sell and was therefore older than what she wanted.

This is where everything went south. When we asked why it hadn’t been bought, the dealer, a man, told us that that question was akin to asking a 40-year old woman why she was not married.

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